{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://herrerabeutler.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=340680", "VIDEO: Jaime Herrera Beutler Works to Protect Navigation for Small Ports", "2013-06-20", "2013", "2013-06", "Republican", "House", "WA", "Jaime Herrera Beutler", "H001056", "herrerabeutler.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "VIDEO: Jaime Herrera Beutler Works to Protect Navigation for Small Ports \r\n   \r\n    \r\n      Lack of dredging for port channels devastates local economies \r\n      \r\n  \r\n    \r\n      f \r\n      t \r\n      #\r\n      e\r\n      \r\n      \r\n    \r\n    \r\n      \r\n        WASHINGTON, DC,\r\n        June 20, 2013\r\n      \r\n       \r\n    \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n    \r\n      \r\n      \r\n      Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler took to the U.S. House floor Tuesday night to advocate for the importance of dredging the nation\u2019s small ports.\u00a0 Her speech coincided with her letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, urging the agency to reprioritize funding to conduct maintenance dredging for critical channels.\u00a0  In her speech, Jaime spotlighted the ports in her district that are struggling due to a lack of maintenance dredging\u2014particularly the Port of Chinook and Port of Ilwaco.\u00a0 As a Member of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, Jaime helped ensure that the House Appropriations Energy and Water bill released on Tuesday includes $1 billion from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for dredging and operations of channels and harbors.  \u201cFor the towns in my district and up and down the West Coast that depend upon these ports, these industries are the major employers and economic lifelines for their area,\u201d wrote Jaime in her letter.\u00a0\u201cWith the loss of safe access in and out of the channels for the boats that deliver their raw products for market, they stand to suffer severe economic impacts that could continue for years if these industries are forced to close their doors or move out of the area.\u201d\u00a0  LETTER:\u00a0 Click here for Jaime\u2019s letter to the U.S. Army Corps advocating for small port maintenance VIDEO:\u00a0 Click here for video of Jaime\u2019s floor speech\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\r\n    \r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n    \r\n      f \r\n      t \r\n      #\r\n      e", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://herrerabeutler.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=340680"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.16901402361691, "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"}