{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norton.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/norton-to-host-roundtable-on-remedies-for-dc-flood-risk-next-tuesday", "Norton to Host Roundtable on Remedies for D.C. Flood Risk, Next Tuesday", "2017-10-19", "2017", "2017-10", "Democrat", "House", "DC", "Eleanor Norton", "N000147", "norton.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a roundtable discussion on near- and long-term risks of flooding in the District of Columbia on Tuesday, October 24, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., in 2253 Rayburn House Office Building.\u00a0 Norton is seeking passage of her bill (H.R. 2540) to make D.C. eligible for federal flood mitigation and prevention funding by amending the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CMZA) to include D.C. in the definition of a coastal state.\u00a0 D.C. is not currently included in CMZA, despite its location on two rivers, the Anacostia and Potomac, and its risk of interior flooding.\u00a0 Norton\u2019s bill would also give the District oversight for federally issued permits/facilities/actions that affect the coastal waters of the District.\u00a0 D.C. has had three major floods\u2014in 1889, 1942 and 2006\u2014which did serious damage to the National Mall and federal buildings, Federal Triangle, and Southwest D.C.\u00a0 The roundtable will be open to the public.\n\u201cD.C. is a city on the water, and we have seen in the past the proven risks that flooding poses to the nation\u2019s capital,\u201d Norton said.\u00a0 \u201cParticularly with rising sea levels and increasingly powerful natural disasters due to climate change, the District must be prepared to deal with flood risks and implement preventative measures to mitigate damage.\u00a0 This roundtable will offer state-of the-art information and remedies.\u201d\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://norton.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/norton-to-host-roundtable-on-remedies-for-dc-flood-risk-next-tuesday"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8849240839481354, "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"}