{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases/west-virginia-delegation-calls-biden-approve-disaster-declaration-severe", "West Virginia Delegation Calls on Biden to Approve Disaster Declaration for Severe Flooding in Cabell, Wayne Counties", "2022-06-09", "2022", "2022-06", "Republican", "House", "WV", "Carol D. Miller", "M001205", "miller.house.gov", "miller", "https://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) joined U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and U.S. Representatives David McKinley (R-WV) and Alex Mooney (R-WV) in sending a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to approve West Virginia Governor Jim Justice\u2019s request for a federal disaster declaration after heavy rain storms on May 6, 2022 caused severe flooding in Cabell and Wayne counties.\n\nThe federal disaster declaration would allow West Virginia to access federal disaster aid for the affected communities to rebuild and recover from the widespread damage.\n\n\u201cAs members of the West Virginia Congressional Delegation, we write to support Governor Jim Justice\u2019s request for a federal disaster declaration for the State of West Virginia after heavy rain storms inundated southwestern West Virginia on May 6, 2022 causing widespread damage and one fatality,\u201d the lawmakers said in part.\u201cWe commend the tireless efforts that local citizens, first responders, and the volunteer organizations have put forth to aid our great state in the aftermath of such a weather event and we urge you to do everything in your power to make sure that our communities have the federal support they need to rebuild and recover\u2026We respectfully request that you review this request for all categories of Individual Assistance for Cabell and Wayne counties, as well as Hazard Mitigation assistance for the entire state.\u201d\n\nClick here to read the full text of the letter.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:39:01Z"]], "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://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases/west-virginia-delegation-calls-biden-approve-disaster-declaration-severe"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.634746789932251, "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"}