{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://flood.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-flood-calls-biden-administration-fight-anti-meat-agenda-cop29", "Congressman Flood Calls on Biden Administration to Fight Anti-Meat Agenda at COP29", "2024-11-08", "2024", "2024-11", "Republican", "House", "NE", "Mike Flood", "F000474", "flood.house.gov", "flood", "https://flood.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "LINCOLN, NEBRASKA \u2013 Today, Congressman Mike Flood issued a statement ahead of the United Nations COP29 summit. The summit is set to take place in Baku, Azerbaijan from November 11th-22nd.\n\n\u201cAs COP29 kicks off next week, the Biden administration has an important job to do. COP summits have increasingly become a forum for anti-meat activists who want to restructure our food supply and end our way of life. Following last year\u2019s anti-meat guidelines, over 150 NGOs are pushing to curtail meat consumption as the parties convene again.\u201d\n\n\u201cDuring the summit, it\u2019s critical that Secretary Vilsack and other Biden officials in attendance push back on any attempt to reduce or eliminate meat production. Meat is an incredibly efficient way to deliver protein and is foundational to the world\u2019s food security and a healthy diet. The entire delegation needs to fight for America\u2019s farm and ranch families who help grow the food that feeds the world.\u201d\n\nRecently, the U.S. State Department announced the members of a delegation to the summit from the Biden administration, including U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.\n\nAhead of COP29, over 150 NGOs signed a letter pushing to \u201ctransition away from animal protein overconsumption.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:07:06Z"]], "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://flood.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-flood-calls-biden-administration-fight-anti-meat-agenda-cop29"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8002009019255638, "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"}