{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-slams-biden-administrations-columbia-river-taskforce", "Newhouse Slams Biden Administration\u2019s Columbia River Taskforce Announcement", "2024-06-19", "2024", "2024-06", "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 (WA-04) released the following statement upon the Biden Administration\u2019s announcement of a Columbia River Taskforce tasked with finding ways to breach the four Lower Snake River dams.\n\n\u201cThis is what happens when a president bends to the will of unelected bureaucratic environmentalists that have no knowledge of how the world works outside of their D.C. bubble,\u201d said Rep. Newhouse.\n\nNewhouse continues, \u201cThis taskforce, made up exclusively of Biden Administration officials, is a huge disappointment to those of us that are serious about improving ways for dams and salmon to coexist. Why are our local stakeholders and leaders not included on, or even informed of, a taskforce designed to fundamentally alter our region\u2019s economic landscape? This is nothing more than a disingenuous ploy for this administration to check a political box in the name of environmentalism and tribal relations. Their only \u201ctask\u201d is breaching our carbon free, renewable, and affordable energy base that supports the lives of the people of Central Washington.\u201d\n\nEstablished by the White House Council on Environmental Quality and co-chaired by three federal agencies, the new Columbia River Task Force will coordinate efforts across federal agencies to further attempt to breach the Lower Snake River dams.\n\nRead the White House press release here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:11:47Z"]], "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-slams-biden-administrations-columbia-river-taskforce"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8211750537157059, "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"}