{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mfume.house.gov/media/press-releases/mfume-statement-on-avoiding-government-shutdown-and-100-federal-funding-of-key-bridge-rebuild-costs-passing-us-house", "Mfume Statement on Avoiding Government Shutdown and 100% Federal Funding of Key Bridge Rebuild Costs Passing U.S. House", "2024-12-20", "2024", "2024-12", "Democrat", "House", "MD", "Kweisi Mfume", "M000687", "mfume.house.gov", "mfume", "https://mfume.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding inclusion of a provision committing the federal government to cover 100% of the rebuild costs for the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the continuing resolution that was passed by the U.S. House ahead of a December 20, 2024 deadline to avoid a government shutdown. The legislation will now be considered in the U.S. Senate before the midnight deadline to keep the government open.\n\n\u201cFor nine months, our bipartisan Maryland Congressional Delegation fought constantly to spearhead the Baltimore BRIDGE Relief Act through Congress. The adoption of this bill into the legislation we voted on this evening to keep the government open \u2013 and ensure our nation is prepared for its next disaster \u2013 makes good on our promise to you, as Baltimoreans and Marylanders everywhere, that the federal government will fully fund the rebuild of our bridge,\u201d said Congressman Kweisi Mfume. \u201cAfter casting my vote in favor of this legislation, I am reminded of our rallying cry, that we are \u2018Maryland Tough, and Baltimore Strong,\u2019\u201d he concluded.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "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://mfume.house.gov/media/press-releases/mfume-statement-on-avoiding-government-shutdown-and-100-federal-funding-of-key-bridge-rebuild-costs-passing-us-house"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8483575657010078, "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"}