{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://clayhiggins.house.gov/2021/05/13/higgins-announces-usda-purchase-gulf-shrimp/", "Higgins Announces USDA Purchase of Gulf Shrimp", "2021-05-13", "2021", "2021-05", "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) announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will purchase up to $25 million of Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Wild-Caught Shrimp to address food system supply chain disruptions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\nUSDA will purchase these products via the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). Orders should be received during the first week of June with solicitations being issued mid-June and awards occurring near the end of the month.\n\nSolicitations will be available electronically through the Web-Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) system and on the Agricultural Marketing Service\u2019s website at www.ams.usda.gov/selling-food. To be eligible to submit offers, potential contractors must meet the AMS vendor qualification requirements and be domestic operations.\n\nRead more about USDA\u2019s announcement here.\n\nCongressman Higgins issued the following statement:\n\n\u201cMy office has continuously pushed for greater inclusion of Gulf seafood in USDA\u2019s food and nutrition programs. Today\u2019s announcement is a win on that front and provides support for Louisiana shrimpers. We will continue working to prioritize Louisiana\u2019s seafood industry.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:49:40Z"]], "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/2021/05/13/higgins-announces-usda-purchase-gulf-shrimp/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7866597734391689, "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"}