{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stanton.house.gov/2020/11/house-passes-stanton-backed-bill-provide-emergency-relief-tribal-nations-after", "House Passes Stanton-Backed Bill to Provide Emergency Relief to Tribal Nations After Inaction by Trump Administration", "2020-11-17", "2020", "2020-11", "Democrat", "House", "AZ", "Greg Stanton", "S001211", "stanton.house.gov", "stanton", "https://stanton.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "The U.S. House of Representatives today passed a bill cosponsored by Rep. Greg Stanton that will significantly help tribal nations with the financial burden of fighting COVID-19.\n\nThe FEMA Assistance Relief Act of 2020, H.R. 8266, eases COVID-19-related financial burdens on state, local, and tribal governments by increasing the federal cost share of FEMA assistance from 75 to 100 percent.\n\nStanton repeatedly pushed for the cost share adjustment in the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and was an original cosponsor of the bill after the Trump Administration refused to take action on the issue.\n\nIn April, Stanton and more than 175 of his House colleagues urged the Trump Administration to eliminate the non-Federal cost share, noting the severity and magnitude of the crisis. Stanton also echoed Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez\u2019s request that the Administration waive the local cost share to help the Nation fight the pandemic, which the Administration had the authority to do on its own without congressional approval. Stanton\u2019s request went ignored by the White House.\n\n\u201cTribal communities, including the Navajo Nation, have been among the hardest hit by COVID-19. As cases surge to record levels across the country, the federal government has a duty to leverage the full weight of its resources to help tribal communities battle this pandemic,\u201d Stanton said. \u201cAfter months of inaction by this Administration, I\u2019m proud the House has taken this long-overdue step and I hope the Senate acts swiftly to pass this life-saving legislation.\u201d\n\nThe bill now heads to the Senate.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-28T00:39:51Z"]], "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://stanton.house.gov/2020/11/house-passes-stanton-backed-bill-provide-emergency-relief-tribal-nations-after"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4036092907190323, "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"}