{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://clayhiggins.house.gov/2021/05/18/higgins-delivers-letter-biden-urging-additional-recovery-resources-after/", "Higgins Delivers Letter to Biden, Urging Additional Recovery Resources After Floods", "2021-05-18", "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) delivered an official letter to President Biden today, again urging him to issue a supplemental disaster request following yesterday\u2019s torrential rainfall event and flooding.\n\n\u201cThese new floods present new challenges to families that have still not recovered or been made whole from the 2020 hurricanes. As these communities continue to rebuild and recover, they will need continued assistance from the federal government,\u201dwrote Congressman Higgins.\u201cCongress and the federal government have worked together to provide resources to support housing and rental assistance, utility repairs, debris removal, hazard mitigation, and many other disaster response costs.\u201d\n\n\u201cWhile these efforts help address Southwest Louisiana\u2019s immediate needs, there is a need for long-term recovery resources for the region, especially in light of this latest major rain flooding event. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards wrote to you in January 2021 with a request for additional funding for hurricane recovery and mitigation efforts, which my office supports,\u201dthe letter continues. \u201cFor nine months, the Louisiana delegation has been working to build support in Congress for supplemental disaster relief. As you know, supplemental disaster relief programs greatly streamline direct access to recovery monies for local governments, small businesses, and individuals. I respectfully urge you to expedite a request to Congress for a disaster supplemental to provide the region with specific funding for the CDBG Disaster Recovery Grants, as well as additional funds for mitigation efforts.\u201d\n\nThe full letter is available below or as pdf here.", 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/2021/05/18/higgins-delivers-letter-biden-urging-additional-recovery-resources-after/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8403449319303036, "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"}