{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://moolenaar.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/flint-amendment-passes-house", "Flint Amendment Passes the House", "2016-09-28", "2016", "2016-09", "Republican", "House", "MI", "John Moolenaar", "M001194", "moolenaar.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Tonight, the House of Representatives passed the Water Resources Development Act with overwhelming support. The legislation included a bipartisan\u00a0amendment proposed by Congressman John Moolenaar (R-Midland) and Congressman Dan Kildee (D-Flint Township).\nThe amendment makes Flint eligible for $170 million in funding to rebuild its water infrastructure.\u00a0The amendment\u00a0passed the House on a 284-141 vote.\nCongressman Moolenaar made the following statement after the House passed the legislation:\n\"This is a step forward for Flint and the rebuilding of its water\u00a0infrastructure. This legislation will help\u00a0Flint heal and I want to\u00a0thank the entire Michigan delegation and House leadership for their support of this legislation.\"\nSpeaker of the House Paul Ryan offered praise for Congressman Moolenaar's leadership:\n\"John\u00a0has always used his leadership to fight for Michigan residents. His\u00a0dedication and\u00a0efforts to work across the aisle\u00a0helped secure\u00a0a responsible solution to help the\u00a0citizens of\u00a0Flint.\"\nThe legislation co-sponsored by Congressmen Moolenaar and Kildee was passed as part of a larger agreement that is on track to avoid a government shutdown that would have occurred at 12:00 AM on October 1st. Later tonight,\u00a0the House is expected to pass bipartisan\u00a0legislation that will avoid a shutdown and\u00a0fund the federal government through December 9, 2016.", 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://moolenaar.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/flint-amendment-passes-house"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9497459288686514, "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"}