{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://feenstra.house.gov/media/press-releases/feenstra-votes-fund-beagle-brigade-keep-foreign-animal-disease-out-united", "Feenstra Votes to Fund Beagle Brigade to Keep Foreign Animal Disease out of the United States", "2024-12-18", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "IA", "Randy Feenstra", "F000446", "feenstra.house.gov", "feenstra", "https://feenstra.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) voted for, and the U.S. House of Representatives passed, the Beagle Brigade Act.\n\n\u201cKeeping foreign animal diseases out of our country is critical to the security of Iowa agriculture and our food supply. As we\u2019ve seen with bird flu, our farmers have faced serious financial losses and uncertainty over the spread of this disease, and African Swine Fever has the potential to seriously harm our hog industry. We must continue to do everything possible to monitor, prevent, and mitigate outbreaks,\u201d said Rep. Feenstra. \u201cThat\u2019s why I voted for legislation to have the National Detector Dog Training Center train dogs \u2013 including beagles \u2013 to inspect cargo, baggage, and vehicles at our borders and detect foreign diseases that pose a significant threat to agriculture. I\u2019ll continue to work to keep foreign animal disease out of our country by passing the Farm Bill and investing in prevention and detection measures.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "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://feenstra.house.gov/media/press-releases/feenstra-votes-fund-beagle-brigade-keep-foreign-animal-disease-out-united"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.159988809376955, "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"}