{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://gonzales.house.gov/2021/11/congressman-tony-gonzales-texas-nursery-landscape-association-hold-workforce", "Congressman Tony Gonzales, Texas Nursery & Landscape Association Hold Workforce Roundtable", "2021-11-30", "2021", "2021-11", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Tony Gonzales", "G000594", "gonzales.house.gov", "gonzales", "https://gonzales.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "SAN ANTONIO, TX \u2013 Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) and the Texas Nursery and Landscape Association (TNLA) on Monday toured Lone Star Growers, a nursery in San Antonio, and following the tour, held a workforce roundtable with local growers and landscape contractors. Over the last year, Texas\u2019 green industry has encountered problems due to the national labor shortage and damages from Winter Storm Uri. Congressman Gonzales, TNLA and participants discussed possible solutions to these issues such as an increase in H-2B visas and disaster relief for the industry.\n\nView photos from the event here.\n\n\u201cOver the last year, Texas\u2019 growers have faced a unique set of challenges from the pandemic and winter storms, and now due to the labor and supply chain shortages,\u201d said Congressman Gonzales. \u201cIn order to find tangible, realistic solutions for the green industry, I need to hear firsthand from industry partners, which is what we were able to do yesterday. I thank the Texas Nursery and Landscape Association and local businesses for participating in this discussion and look forward to continuing to work for Texas\u2019 green industry in Congress.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"]], "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://gonzales.house.gov/2021/11/congressman-tony-gonzales-texas-nursery-landscape-association-hold-workforce"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1049159802496433, "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"}