{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://clayhiggins.house.gov/2020/10/12/higgins-offers-assistance-securing-supplemental-mosquito-abatement-spraying/", "Higgins Offers Assistance Securing Supplemental Mosquito Abatement Spraying", "2020-10-12", "2020", "2020-10", "Republican", "House", "LA", "Clay Higgins", "H001077", "clayhiggins.house.gov", "clayhiggins", "https://clayhiggins.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter today to Governor John Bel Edwards offering assistance in securing supplemental mosquito abatement spraying through the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Air Force in response to Hurricanes Laura and Delta.\n\nThe letter reads, in part, \u201cFollowing Hurricane Laura, my office organized an effort to secure a United States Air Force (USAF) C-130 aircraft to provide supplemental spraying in South Louisiana. While the Air Force was prepared to fly those missions, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-USAF mosquito abatement program was not utilized.\u201d\n\nThe letter continues, \u201cDue to lessons learned in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, I have begun reaching out to federal stakeholders to secure these assets in an effort to expedite mosquito abatement efforts. I am again offering to you my office\u2019s assistance to secure USDA/Air Force services to spray the impacted areas.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-28T00:34:36Z"]], "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://clayhiggins.house.gov/2020/10/12/higgins-offers-assistance-securing-supplemental-mosquito-abatement-spraying/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.0427380222827196, "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"}