{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fedorchak.house.gov/media/press-releases/fedorchak-hoeven-cramer-president-trump-approves-north-dakota-major-disaster", "Fedorchak, Hoeven, Cramer: President Trump approves North Dakota major disaster declaration following June severe storms", "2026-09-02", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "House", "ND", "Julie Fedorchak", "F000482", "fedorchak.house.gov", "fedorchak", "https://fedorchak.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak and Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer issued the following statement after President Donald Trump approved North Dakota\u2019s request for a presidential major disaster declaration following the severe storms, straight-line winds and tornados that impacted western and central North Dakota from June 7-9, 2026. The declaration approves $3.4 million in disaster costs and makes federal assistance available for recovery efforts in Bottineau, Burke, Divide, McLean, Mercer, Oliver and Williams counties.\n\nThe delegation previously sent a letter to President Trump in support of Governor Kelly Armstrong\u2019s request, calling for swift approval of the declaration and access to federal resources for impacted North Dakotans.\n\n\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s approval of this disaster declaration will provide much needed support as North Dakota communities continue recovering from these severe storms, and we appreciate the president\u2019s action to make these federal resources available,\u201d said the delegation. \u201cThis assistance will help repair damaged infrastructure and support recovery efforts across the impacted counties.\u201d", 1, "2026-09-04T09:19:37Z", "2026-09-04T09:20:58Z"]], "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://fedorchak.house.gov/media/press-releases/fedorchak-hoeven-cramer-president-trump-approves-north-dakota-major-disaster"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6667720153927803, "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"}