{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://estes.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=7269", "Estes Reacts to Proposed WOTUS Rule", "2025-11-18", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "KS", "Ron Estes", "E000298", "estes.house.gov", "estes", "https://estes.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "U.S. Congressman Ron Estes (R-Kansas) released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a new Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.\n\n\"For too long, overzealous bureaucrats in Washington have tried to micromanage the ponds and puddles in Kansas without regard for the conservation work of the men and women who care for the land each and every day,\" said Rep. Estes. \"The newly proposed WOTUS rule promotes clean water without inhibiting ag and energy producers and landowners. It upholds the Supreme Court's Sackett decision and works with Kansas farmers and ranchers, not against them, to be good stewards of our natural resources \u2013 something they've been doing for generations.\"\n\nBackground:\n\nMarch 2025 \u2013 Rep. Estes Applauds EPA Announcement\n\nNovember 2023 \u2013 Rep. Ron Estes Praises Restrictions to WOTUS, Limits on Lesser Prairie-Chicken Listing in Appropriations Bill\n\nAugust 2023 \u2013 Rep. Estes Condemns Revised WOTUS Rule\n\nMay 2023 \u2013 Rep. Estes Celebrates WOTUS Win for Kansas\n\nMarch 2023 \u2013 Rep. Estes Votes to End Disastrous WOTUS Rule\n\nDecember 2022 \u2013 Rep. Estes Denounces New WOTUS Rule", 1, "2026-04-07T15:39:47Z", "2026-04-07T20:18:39Z"]], "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://estes.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=7269"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.137210987508297, "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"}