{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://clayhiggins.house.gov/2021/10/26/higgins-announces-595m-hurricane-recovery-efforts/", "Higgins Announces $595M for Hurricane Recovery Efforts", "2021-10-26", "2021", "2021-10", "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) announced today the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will award $594,931,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to Louisiana in response to Hurricanes Laura and Delta.\n\nThe funds are made available through the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act, which passed with Congressman Higgins\u2019 support last month. The bill included $5 billion for the CDBG program with $1.6 billion required to be allocated within 30 days of enactment. The $595 million is part of that initial allocation. Congressman Higgins has called for additional support in subsequent allocation rounds and is proactively working with state and local officials to influence HUD\u2019s rulemaking process and allocation determinations.\n\nCongressman Higgins issued the following statement:\n\n\u201cThis initial allocation of $595 million is welcome news for South Louisiana. We continue to push for additional resources and priority consideration of Community Development Block Grant funding for Louisiana. Additional support is necessary in response to the 2020 hurricanes, and we\u2019re working with our state and local officials to ensure that much more of the $5 billion topline will go toward Louisiana\u2019s 2020 storm season disaster recovery.\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/2021/10/26/higgins-announces-595m-hurricane-recovery-efforts/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.694784965366125, "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"}