{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stauber.house.gov/media/press-releases/stauber-introduces-bill-ensure-water-quality-great-lakes-region-and-throughout", "Stauber Introduces Bill to Ensure Water Quality in Great Lakes Region and Throughout U.S.", "2025-12-08", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "MN", "Pete Stauber", "S001212", "stauber.house.gov", "stauber", "https://stauber.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Recently, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) and Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-08) introduced the American Water Stewardship Act, bipartisan legislation to reauthorize funding for several long-standing programs to maintain and improve water quality throughout the nation, including the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI).\n\n\u201cThe Great Lakes are not only national treasures, but economic powerhouses, and the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative helps keep these waters clean and safe for all Americans to enjoy,\u201d said Congressman Stauber. \u201cLake Superior is the backdrop of countless special memories for many Minnesota families, and I am proud to work on legislation that will preserve and protect these waters for future generations.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Great Lakes are one of the best things about living in Michigan. They\u2019re important to our jobs, how we spend our time off, and our drinking water; so many things depend on the health of the Great Lakes,\u201d said Congresswoman McDonald Rivet. \u201cI\u2019m working with Democrats and Republicans to make sure the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative keeps going so we have this treasure for generations.\u201d\n\nIn addition to the GLRI, the American Water Stewardship Act reauthorizes the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) Long Island Sound and Columbia River Basin Restoration programs, the National Estuary Program, and the EPA\u2019s BEACH Act program. All of these programs will help address water quality issues and carry out ecosystem restoration projects around the country.\n\nBackground: The GLRI provides the most significant investment in the Great Lakes ecosystem \u2013 the largest system of fresh surface water in the world \u2013 targeting Areas of Concern, invasive species, non-point source pollution, and projects to support habitats and local species. More than 8,000 projects have been carried out through the GLRI program in partnership with states, non-profits, and other community partners, generating more than $3 in economic activity for every federal dollar invested through the GLRI program.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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://stauber.house.gov/media/press-releases/stauber-introduces-bill-ensure-water-quality-great-lakes-region-and-throughout"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8738457690924406, "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"}