{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://moolenaar.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/good-dogs-sniff-out-invasive-species-protect-americas-agriculture", "Good Dogs Sniff Out Invasive Species to Protect America\u2019s Agriculture", "2022-09-21", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "MI", "John R. Moolenaar", "M001194", "moolenaar.house.gov", "moolenaar", "https://moolenaar.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "Congressman John Moolenaar is a cosponsor of the Beagle Brigade Act, a bill that will permanently authorize the operations of a national center that trains dogs to sniff out invasive species in order to prevent damage to farm crops. The National Detector Dog Training Center, located in Newnan, Georgia, was started in 1984 and it is run by the Department of Agriculture.\n\n\"Michigan\u2019s economy relies on agriculture and we need to do everything we can to protect farmers and their crops from invasive species. This legislation will help train more good dogs so they can sniff out and stop these threats from entering the country,\u201d said Congressman Moolenaar, Michigan\u2019s only member of the House Appropriations subcommittee which funds and oversees the Department of Agriculture.\n\nThe center primarily trains beagles. After the dogs complete the training, they work at airports and ports to inspect freight and passenger baggage for prohibited plants that could carry invasive pests or animal diseases into our country.\n\nThe Beagle Brigade Act is bipartisan legislation led by Sanford Bishop (D-GA). More information of the Beagle Brigade Act can be found here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"]], "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/good-dogs-sniff-out-invasive-species-protect-americas-agriculture"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3682739809155464, "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"}