{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=757", "Kahele, Case Introduce Legislation To Permanently Shut Down Red Hill", "2022-02-11", "2022", "2022-02", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Ed Case", "C001055", "case.house.gov", "case", "https://case.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27&Page=22", "scraper", "(HONOLULU, HI) \u2013 U.S. Congressmen Kaiali\u02bbi Kahele (HI-02) and Ed Case (HI-01) announced today the introduction of the Red Hill Watershed and Aquifer Initiative (WAI) Act, federal legislation to permanently shut down the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.\n\n\u201cThe Red Hill WAI Act ensures the complete and permanent shut down of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility and requires the United States Navy to defuel the facility by the end of the year,\u201d said Congressman Kaiali\u02bbi Kahele. \u201cToo many people have suffered and are still suffering as a direct result of the fuel leaks at Red Hill \u2013 this is unacceptable.\n\n\u201cI have spoken to many families who describe serious illnesses after cooking, bathing, or ingesting tainted water. And still, after several months, there are thousands of families that remain displaced \u2013 unable to return to their homes. I will continue to do everything I can to help protect the people and the island of O\u02bbahu and our most precious natural resource, our wai.\u201d\n\n\u201cI support our military, and understand fully our need to remain strong and prepared throughout the Indo-Pacific including a strategic fuel reserve capacity,\u201d said Congressman Ed Case. \u201cBut that cannot excuse Red Hill\u2019s harm to thousands of my constituents, nor justify the ongoing risk it poses to our drinking water under its current or any future configuration and operation as a bulk fuel storage facility.\n\n\u201cRather than prolong the Department of Defense\u2019s unfortunate legal action and analysis of Red Hill\u2019s future, Congress and Hawai\u02bbi must step in now and mandate that Red Hill\u2019s future does not include bulk fuel storage.\n\n\u201cI remain fully committed, especially as a member of the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, to supporting and funding both the defueling, decommissioning and remediation of Red Hill and the identification and funding of alternate strategic fuel storage capacity that will maintain a strong national defense without risk to our families.\u201d\n\nThe Red Hill Watershed and Aquifer Initiative (WAI) Act would:\n\nDiscontinue all fuel operations at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Hawai\u02bbi;\n\nDefuel all bulk storage tanks located at Red Hill by the end of 2022;\n\nPermanently close the facility in accordance with the current practices recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency\n\nThis legislation authorizes funding to allow the Navy to address and perform environmental remediation for the November 2021 spill and any other spill that occurred during the operation of the facility. In addition, it would require the Navy to establish water treatment and testing facilities; reimburse the State of Hawai\u02bbi Departments of Health and Education and the Honolulu Water Supply for costs associated with water contamination; and provide a monthly report to Congress on the progress towards defueling. This legislation would also require additional funding for research so the federal government can continue water monitoring to protect the residents of O\u02bbahu. Companion legislation is being introduced in the Senate by U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai\u02bbi).", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:57:46Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=757"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.231529749929905, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}