{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://ezell.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=241", "Congressman Ezell Questions Army Corps Leadership About Bonnet Carr\u00e9 Spillway", "2023-06-22", "2023", "2023-06", "Republican", "House", "MS", "Mike Ezell", "E000235", "ezell.house.gov", "ezell", "https://ezell.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Congressman Mike Ezell questioned Mr. Michael Connor, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, about the Army Corps of Engineers' management of the Bonnet Carr\u00e9 Spillway during today's hearing of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure's Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee.\n\nIn response to Congressman Ezell's questions, Assistant Secretary Connor committed to including Mississippi Gulf Coast community leaders and business owners in the Corps of Engineers' recently announced Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study.\n\n\"Our Gulf Coast community, especially the business owners who lost everything when the Spillway was opened in 2019, deserve to have a say in the management of the Bonnet Carr\u00e9,\" Congressman Ezell said. \"I'm grateful to Assistant Secretary Connor for agreeing to include them in the conversation, and I look forward to continuing this discussion with the Corps as I work to ensure Mississippi has a voice on this issue.\"\n\n\"We applaud Congressman Ezell\u2019s leadership for protection of the Mississippi Sound at the congressional hearing on Water Resources and Environment today,\" said Gerald Blessey, Manager of the Mississippi Sound Coalition. \"Thanks to Congressman Ezell\u2019s penetrating questions, the Corps of Engineers is now committed to consulting Mississippi Coast local governments, fishermen, and tourism businesses as key stakeholders as the Corps now goes forward with its Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study to look for ways to avoid or mitigate damage to the ecosystem of the Mississippi Sound caused by opening the Bonnet Carr\u00e9 Spillway.\"\n\nYou can watch Congressman Ezell's questioning regarding the Bonnet Carr\u00e9 Spillway on YouTube.\n\nEzell Receives NFIB Guardian of Small Business Award\n\nSeptember 23, 2024 | Posted in Press Releases\n\nS&P Journal of Commerce: Congressmen push FMC to form national advisory committee on port matters\n\nDecember 5, 2023 | Posted in In the News\n\nEzell and Garamendi Introduce Bill to Improve Emergency Supply Chains\n\nNovember 1, 2023 | Posted in Press Releases\n\nEzell Speaks on Ongoing Spending Negotiations\n\nSeptember 29, 2023 | Posted in Press Releases", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:08:25Z"]], "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://ezell.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=241"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7202168926596642, "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"}