{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-introduces-reauthorization-emergency-relief-program-assist", "Newhouse Introduces Reauthorization for the Emergency Relief Program to Assist Farmers", "2022-08-04", "2022", "2022-08", "Republican", "House", "WA", "Dan Newhouse", "N000189", "newhouse.house.gov", "newhouse", "https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after introducing legislation with 21 other members to reauthorize the Emergency Relief Program (formerly known as WHIP+). The ERP offers critical assistance to agricultural producers whose crops were impacted by natural disasters that occurred in 2022.\n\n\u201cThe Emergency Relief Program is a necessary resource for Central Washington farmers as they continue to recover from this year\u2019s late spring, which significantly impacted tree fruit production,\u201d said Rep. Newhouse. \u201cI am pleased to introduce this legislation and encourage my colleagues to support this important program that will provide much-needed assistance to Central Washington\u2019s growers so they can continue producing the high-quality Washington crops Americans enjoy for many years to come.\u201d\n\nERP is a vital program that provides desperately needed payments to agricultural producers to offset losses from wildfires, drought, hurricanes, derechos, freeze, polar vortex, excessive heat and other qualifying natural disasters. This relief is critical as prolonged drought, severe weather events and natural disasters continue to wreak havoc on crops and livestock.\n\nYou can read the full text of the bill here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"]], "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://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-introduces-reauthorization-emergency-relief-program-assist"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7793199513107538, "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"}