{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://harris.house.gov/media/press-releases/harris-announces-second-wave-nanticoke-river-research-funding", "Harris Announces Second Wave of Nanticoke River Research Funding", "2020-06-02", "2020", "2020-06", "Republican", "House", "MD", "Andy Harris", "H001052", "harris.house.gov", "harris", "https://harris.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC: Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) announced the award of $269,925 in federal research funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to the Maryland and Delaware Departments of Natural Resources. Specifically, funding was awarded as part of a three-year, $838,350 grant to the two states for conducting research in the Nanticoke River, which supports a newly discovered yet potentially critically endangered population of Atlantic sturgeon.\n\nCongressman Harris made the following statement:\n\n\"I thank the Administration for awarding these funds. Previously, I've had serious concerns about declaring the entire Chesapeake Bay region a \u2018critical habitat' for sturgeon because of how burdensome it could be - stifling commercial activity for our watermen and hampering other critical conservation efforts like the restoration of native oysters. Instead, I believe this is the right approach \u2013 conducting multi-year research to understand spawning run size and the overall population in the river, which will allow other important activities to continue. I believe we can protect both vulnerable species and our local jobs. Our watermen and the Eastern Shore economy need protection too.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-28T00:12:47Z"]], "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://harris.house.gov/media/press-releases/harris-announces-second-wave-nanticoke-river-research-funding"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.866536982357502, "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"}