{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stanton.house.gov/2024/6/stanton-grijalva-gallego-call-for-immediate-house-vote-on-reca-extension-and-expansion-legislation", "Stanton, Grijalva, Gallego Call for Immediate House Vote on RECA Extension and Expansion Legislation", "2024-06-06", "2024", "2024-06", "Democrat", "House", "AZ", "Greg Stanton", "S001211", "stanton.house.gov", "stanton", "https://stanton.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Without Congressional action, RECA is set to sunset June 10th\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014In a letter to House leadership this week, U.S. Congressmen Greg Stanton, Ra\u00fal Grijalva and Ruben Gallego called for an immediate vote on bipartisan Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act expansion and extension legislation. This bill would ensure all Arizona \u2018Downwinders\u2019\u2014people exposed to cancer-causing ionized radiation from atmospheric weapons tests conducted by the U.S. government\u2014are recognized and justly compensated\n\n\u201cWithout action in the House, RECA will expire on June 10th\u2014potentially denying Arizona families the compensation they need to pay for health care treatments,\u201d the members wrote. \u201cIt\u2019s long past time for the federal government to take responsibility for its actions. We urge you to bring the Senate-passed RECA reauthorization to the House floor immediately.\u201d\n\nThe letter is available HERE.\n\nIn March, the Senate passed a five-year extension of the RECA program and expanded the geographic downwinder eligibility to include all counties in certain Western states, including Arizona.\n\nLast week, after Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed the House would no longer vote on a gutted version of the RECA reauthorization, Stanton called on the Speaker to immediately put the Senate-passed legislation on the House floor.\n\nStanton has introduced the Downwinders Parity Act every term he has served in Congress. His legislation would update RECA to include all of Mohave County, Arizona and Clark County, Nevada as affected areas, and instruct the Attorney General to submit a report to Congress outlining what efforts will be undertaken to educate and conduct outreach to those made newly eligible. The legislation has passed the House Judiciary Committee with bipartisan support.", 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://stanton.house.gov/2024/6/stanton-grijalva-gallego-call-for-immediate-house-vote-on-reca-extension-and-expansion-legislation"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7646600715816021, "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"}