{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://salinas.house.gov/media/press-releases/salinas-oregon-delegation-applauds-approval-federal-disaster-declaration-ice", "Salinas, Oregon Delegation Applauds Approval of Federal Disaster Declaration for Ice Storms", "2024-04-16", "2024", "2024-04", "Democrat", "House", "OR", "Andrea Salinas", "S001226", "salinas.house.gov", "salinas", "https://salinas.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, DC \u2014 Today, U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06) joined Oregon\u2019s Congressional delegation \u2014 U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, as well as U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Val Hoyle, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, and Cliff Bentz \u2014 in applauding the approval of Oregon Governor Tina Kotek\u2019s request for a Major Disaster Declaration from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in response to the deadly ice storms that prompted her to declare a statewide emergency in January.\n\nThe announcement comes after the entire delegation wrote a letter to the White House in March in support of the Governor\u2019s request, which was recently granted by President Biden.\n\n\u201cThe impacts that January ice storms had on both the physical and social infrastructure throughout Oregon have been devastating,\u201d said the Oregon delegation. \u201cWe are grateful the President saw the urgency and immense need of the Governor\u2019s request for federal aid. This assistance we supported is critical to ensure state, local, and Tribal governments have all the resources they need to help Oregonians recover from this deadly natural disaster.\u201d\n\nFederal funding from FEMA is available to state, Tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis to address damages and impacts from January\u2019s severe winter weather in eleven Oregon counties\u2014Benton, Clackamas, Coos, Hood River, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Multnomah, Tillamook, Sherman, and Wasco counties\u2014and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. In addition, federal funding is also granted on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures in all areas within the state.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T20:47:55Z"]], "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://salinas.house.gov/media/press-releases/salinas-oregon-delegation-applauds-approval-federal-disaster-declaration-ice"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.6607122272253036, "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"}