{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=892", "Case Announces U.S. House Passage Of Landmark Bill Authorizing Millions To Hawaii To Conserve, Restore And Protect The State's Endangered Wildlife", "2022-06-14", "2022", "2022-06", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Ed Case", "C001055", "case.house.gov", "case", "https://case.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27&Page=19", "scraper", "(Washington, DC) \u2013 U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai\u2018i \u2013 District 1) today announced that the U.S. House has passed H.R. 2773, the Recovering America\u2019s Wildlife Act (RAWA), which includes mandatory federal funding of $1.3 billion annually to states, including $60 million to Hawai\u2019i, to assist in managing wildlife species in greatest need of protection.\n\n\u201cThe act will direct an estimated $60 million each year to Hawai\u2018i to help implement our wildlife action plan, which will make a crucial difference as we strive to save critically endangered species and preserve our uniquely diverse ecosystems,\u201d said Case. \u201cOverall, the measure will provide over $1.3 billion annually to assist programs across the country to conserve, restore and protect wildlife and their habitats.\u201d\n\nUlalia Woodside, Executive Director, The Nature Conservancy Hawai'i and Palmyra, said: \"Hawai\u2018i has less than one percent of the land of the United States, but we are home to nearly half of the country\u2019s endangered species and climate change is exacerbating the situation. The Recovering America\u2019s Wildlife Act will provide much-needed resources to help prevent the extinction of our rarest forest birds and to fund important recovery work across Hawaii\u2019s landscapes and ecosystems. Mahalo a nui loa to our Representatives for valuing our natural resources.\"\n\nCase pointed out that under current law, on average, individual endangered species on the mainland receive 10 times more federal funding than those in Hawai\u2018i. He worked in his Committee to revise the formula to direct more funding to the states like Hawai\u2018i that are home to species of the greatest conservation need.\n\nOf the nearly 1,600 endangered species listed under the Endangered Species Act today, almost 500 are found in Hawai\u2018i. Just last year, nine more of Hawaii\u2019s endemic species were officially reclassified as extinct.\n\nCase explained that \u201cthe world is in the middle of an extinction crisis, and, unfortunately, Hawai\u2018i is at its center. As a result of climate change, invasive species and other environmental stressors, Hawai\u2018i has become the invasive species capital of the world. RAWA will help save countless species that would otherwise be lost.\"\n\nRAWA focuses on preventative measures to conserve and restore the nation\u2019s fish and wildlife, helping to avoid more restrictive \u201cemergency room\u201d protections of the Endangered Species Act. This approach to conservation supports the outdoor recreation economy and provides regulatory certainty for farmers, small businesses and industry.\n\nRAWA now goes to the U.S. Senate for consideration.\n\nClick here for bill text.\n\nClick here for a fact sheet from the Natural Resources Committee.\n\nAttachments:\n\n\u00b7 pictures of endangered wildlife \u2013 photos courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:39:01Z"]], "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=892"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8653583936393261, "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"}