{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fulcher.house.gov/2024/04/05/id-8f7396d6-e41d-4496-8bdd-ecb98c5622ec/", "Congressman Fulcher Urges CBP to Return Porthill to Pre-Pandemic Hours.", "2024-04-05", "2024", "2024-04", "Republican", "House", "ID", "Russ Fulcher", "F000469", "fulcher.house.gov", "fulcher", "https://fulcher.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, April 5\n\nCONTACT: Marisa Melton, (208) 743 \u2013 1388, marisa.melton@mail.house.gov\n\nCongressman Fulcher Urges CBP to Return Porthill to Pre-Pandemic Hours.\n\nWASHINGTON D.C. \u2013 U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (ID-01) joined Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) in a letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protections (CBP) pushing them to return Porthill Port of Entry hours in North Idaho to pre-pandemic operating hours. The current, reduced hours are slowing the flow of people and goods, and it is negatively affecting the local economies.\n\n\u201cWe write to again urge the Department of Homeland Security to return the Porthill Port of Entry hours to 7:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m, which existed prior to the pandemic and parallels the current operating hours at the Canadian port,\u201d wrote the Idaho delegation.\n\n\u201cAs the closest border crossing for Bonners Ferry, Idaho, and Creston, British Columbia, Porthill plays a critical role in facilitating the flow of workers, tourists, and families across our border. It is also a key crossing for members of the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, whose ancestral homeland is bisected by the international border.\u201d\n\nThe delegation has repeatedly advocated for CBP to restore hours. However, thus far the hours have only been slightly extended. Signage around the crossing also still incorrectly lists the closing hours.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T20:47:55Z"]], "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://fulcher.house.gov/2024/04/05/id-8f7396d6-e41d-4496-8bdd-ecb98c5622ec/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 4.001270979642868, "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"}