{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://dean.house.gov/2021/9/congresswoman-madeleine-dean-leads-a-pennsylvania-emergency-federal-assistance-lette", "Congresswoman Madeleine Dean leads a Pennsylvania Emergency Federal Assistance Letter", "2021-09-09", "2021", "2021-09", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Madeleine Dean", "D000631", "dean.house.gov", "dean", "https://dean.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC. \u2014 Last night, Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04) and Senator Casey led a letter along with their Pennsylvania Congressional colleagues urging President Biden to approve Governor Tom Wolf\u2019s major disaster declaration request.\n\nLast week, Tropical Depression Ida devastated Pennsylvania with storms, tornados, and massive flooding. Federal, state, and local officials have taken measure of the significant human and physical damage \u2013 the storm killed five residents, knocked out power for 110,000 customers, caused well over $100 million in damage to public infrastructure, and destroyed many homes. And many people lost everything.\n\n\u201cHistoric rain and flooding devastated our communities,\u201d Rep. Dean said. \u201cI have been to these neighborhoods and spoke to residents that lost everything--It is clear that our district and this region need federal help to rebuild.\u201d\n\nIf approved by the President, the major disaster declaration would enable direct federal assistance to Pennsylvania for recovery efforts.\n\nThe letter was signed by Representative Fitzpatrick, Cartwright, Evans, Lamb, Boyle, Scanlon, Wild, Houlahan, Doyle, and Senator Casey. A copy of the letter can be found here.\n\nRep. Madeleine Dean is a mother, grandmother, attorney, professor, former four-term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and U.S. Representative for the Fourth District of Pennsylvania.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"]], "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://dean.house.gov/2021/9/congresswoman-madeleine-dean-leads-a-pennsylvania-emergency-federal-assistance-lette"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7256439421325922, "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"}