{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mitchell.house.gov/media/press-releases/mitchell-applauds-wrda-passage-and-brandon-road-authorization", "Mitchell Applauds WRDA Passage and Brandon Road Authorization", "2020-12-08", "2020", "2020-12", "Republican", "Senate", "MI", "Paul Mitchell", "M001201", "mitchell.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON  Rep. Paul Mitchell (MI-10), a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, released the following statement after the House passed the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020:\nThis year's WRDA continues important federal commitments to our nation's ports, harbors, and inland waterways that are key to growing our economy and protecting our communities. I am pleased it passed in the House and am especially proud it approves the critical Brandon Road Lock and Dam project, which is long overdue and something I have worked on since coming to Congress. Michiganders know the devastating impact Asian Carp would have on the Great Lakes and approval of the Brandon Road project is a huge win for Michigan and the entire region.\nI look forward to the swift consideration of this bill by my colleagues in the Senate so President Trump can sign this vital legislation into law.\n\nBackground:\n WRDA 2020 (S. 1811)is bipartisan, bicameral legislation that includes projects of national, regional, and local significance.\n\tS. 1811 represents an agreement between House and Senate committees on final WRDA language, based in part on H.R. 7575, which passed the House by voice vote in July 2020.\n\tWRDA provides authority for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carry out water resources development projects and studies, as well as reforms and policy direction to the Corps for implementation of its civil works missions.\n \n###", 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://mitchell.house.gov/media/press-releases/mitchell-applauds-wrda-passage-and-brandon-road-authorization"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9408909827470779, "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"}