{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://harshbarger.house.gov/media/press-releases/harshbarger-helps-get-hawkins-countys-words-wheels-bookmobile-back-road", "Harshbarger Helps Get Hawkins County's Words on Wheels Bookmobile Back on the Road", "2026-07-16", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "House", "TN", "Diana Harshbarger", "H001086", "harshbarger.house.gov", "harshbarger", "https://harshbarger.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Rogersville, TN \u2014 Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) this week helped deliver a donation of children's books to Hawkins County Schools through the U.S. Library of Congress Surplus Books Program, timed to coincide with the return of the county's \u201cWords on Wheels\u201d bookmobile, which had been out of service for several months due to engine trouble.\n\n\u201cIt is always a joy to help put more books in the hands of East Tennessee kids, and there's no better time than right as Words on Wheels gets back on the road,\u201d said Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger. \u201cI'm grateful to the Library of Congress and Joe Mahar for making these donations possible, and to Hawkins County's vehicle maintenance crew for their hard work getting this bookmobile running again. Programs like Words on Wheels keep kids reading all summer long, and I'm proud my office could play a small part in that.\u201d\n\n\u201cCongresswoman Harshbarger has been very generous with her willingness to contribute books from the Library of Congress surplus Book Program,\u201d said Erika Phillips, Hawkins County Schools Health Coordinator.\n\nThe Words on Wheels bookmobile\u2014a retired school bus retrofitted in 2022 to serve as a mobile library\u2014had been sidelined after its engine failed following hundreds of thousands of miles of use. Hawkins County Schools' maintenance staff sourced and installed a remanufactured engine using leftover funds from last year's operating budget, avoiding the need for a budget amendment, according to Director of Schools Matt Hixson.\n\nThe books were delivered to the school system on Wednesday, July 15, and loaded directly onto the bookmobile ahead of upcoming back-to-school events. While Congresswoman Harshbarger was in Washington, D.C. for votes and unable to attend the delivery in person, her son, state Sen. Bobby Harshbarger, stood in on her behalf. The Words on Wheels program will be back in service for back-to-school events beginning later this month.\n\nICYMI in The Rogersville Review:Words on Wheels is back, with a little help\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-17T07:15:58Z", "2026-07-17T07:17:05Z"]], "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://harshbarger.house.gov/media/press-releases/harshbarger-helps-get-hawkins-countys-words-wheels-bookmobile-back-road"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9145841468125582, "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"}