{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-morgan-mcgarvey-introduces-bill-to-combat-republican-attacks-on-the-wellbeing-of-appalachian-communities", "Congressman Morgan McGarvey Introduces Bill to Combat Republican Attacks on the Wellbeing of Appalachian Communities", "2024-06-05", "2024", "2024-06", "Democrat", "House", "KY", "Morgan McGarvey", "M001220", "mcgarvey.house.gov", "mcgarvey", "https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 5, 2024) \u2013 Today, Congressman McGarvey (KY-03) and House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Ra\u00fal M. Grijalva (AZ-07) introduced H.R. 8614. This bill would authorize the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study how surface coal mining affects human health in Central Appalachia. The study will examine how proximity to coal mining operations increases health risks in surrounding communities.\n\n\u201cAppalachian communities have powered America for centuries. The people of Kentucky paid for the last energy revolution with the majesty of our mountains and the lives of our miners, and today, we live with the consequences,\u201d said Rep. McGarvey. \u201cIt\u2019s long past time that the federal government steps up to help people in Kentucky and the rest of Appalachia \u2014 not fossil fuel executives. I\u2019m grateful to partner with Ranking Member Grijalva to advocate for more transparency and clarity in these industries.\u201d\n\n\u201cAppalachian communities have long deserved a full, comprehensive accounting of the ways that the coal mining industry has harmed their health, from respiratory and cardiovascular diseases to cancer,\u201d said Ranking Member Grijalva. \u201cThe Trump administration denied these communities of their right to know when it sided with industry executives and its own political agenda to stop a million-dollar public health study short in its path. I want to thank Congressman McGarvey for his commitment to supporting the people of Appalachia by working to ensure they finally get the accountability they are due.\u201d\n\nA similar study was previously authorized during the Obama administration, but the Trump administration halted the study prior to its publication. This bill would reauthorize the study and publicize the results to show how harmful surface coal mining can be to Appalachian communities.\n\nThe full bill text can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:11:47Z"]], "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://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-morgan-mcgarvey-introduces-bill-to-combat-republican-attacks-on-the-wellbeing-of-appalachian-communities"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9392180256545544, "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"}