{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://clayhiggins.house.gov/2021/10/14/higgins-announces-additional-45m-hurricane-recovery-efforts/", "Higgins Announces Additional $4.5M for Hurricane Recovery Efforts", "2021-10-14", "2021", "2021-10", "Republican", "House", "LA", "Clay Higgins", "H001077", "clayhiggins.house.gov", "clayhiggins", "https://clayhiggins.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "LAKE CHARLES, LA \u2013 Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that FEMA is awarding an additional $4,507,836.76 for hurricane recovery efforts in South Louisiana.\n\nThe grants include:\n\n$2,282,144.81 to the City of Lake Charles for emergency protective measures in response to Hurricane Laura. The reimbursement is made at a 100% federal cost-share.\n\n$2,225,691.95 to the Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corp. (SLEMCO) for utility distribution repairs in response to Hurricane Delta. The reimbursement is made at a 75% federal cost-share.\n\nCongressman Higgins issued the following statement:\n\n\u201cThese reimbursements are good news for South Louisiana\u2019s recovery mission. After my conversation with FEMA Administrator Criswell last week, we\u2019ve seen progress on a number of outstanding Public Assistance applications. We\u2019ll continue working with FEMA to expedite those approvals and deliver much-needed recovery resources to South Louisiana.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"]], "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/2021/10/14/higgins-announces-additional-45m-hurricane-recovery-efforts/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4939508400857449, "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"}