{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mcbride-applauds-defeat-amendments-attacking-delaware-river-protections", "Rep. McBride Applauds Defeat of Amendments Attacking Delaware River Protections", "2025-09-03", "2025", "2025-09", "Democrat", "House", "DE", "Sarah McBride", "M001238", "mcbride.house.gov", "mcbride", "https://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 Tonight, Congresswoman Sarah McBride (D-DE) voted NO on two amendments to the Energy & Water Development Appropriations Act (H.R. 4553) that sought to strip funding from the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) and block enforcement of its ban on fracking. Both amendments failed on the House floor.\n\n\u201cThese actions were a direct attack on Delaware\u2019s water, health and environmental future,\u201d said Rep. McBride. \u201cThe Delaware River Basin Commission\u2019s fracking ban protects drinking water for more than 13 million people. Rolling back that protection, or punishing the commission for doing its job, isn\u2019t just misguided\u2014it\u2019s dangerous.\u201d\n\nThe two amendments, offered by Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), would have:\n\nAmendment #24: Blocked all federal funding to the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC);\n\nAmendment #23: Prohibited the use of federal funding to implement the DRBC\u2019s 2021 fracking ban.\n\nBoth amendments were voted down with bipartisan opposition.\n\n\u201cThe Delaware River isn\u2019t a partisan issue\u2014it\u2019s a lifeline for our communities, our economy, and our health,\u201d McBride continued. \u201cI\u2019m grateful the House saw these amendments for what they were and voted them down.\u201d\n\nMcBride praised the DRBC\u2019s leadership in safeguarding the watershed and reaffirmed her commitment to protecting clean water in Delaware.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve worked too hard to protect the Delaware River to let it become a casualty of politics,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ll keep working to ensure it remains a source of life\u2014for this generation of Delawareans and the next.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T15:07:37Z"]], "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://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mcbride-applauds-defeat-amendments-attacking-delaware-river-protections"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5415109228342772, "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"}