{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140919122116/http://butterfield.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=818", "Butterfield Joins Mayor Adam O'Neal for Final Leg of His 300-mile Walk from Belhaven, NC to Washington, DC", "2014-07-28", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) joined Mayor Adam O\u2019Neal during the final leg of his near 300-mile walk from Belhaven, NC to Washington, DC.\u00a0 Republican Mayor O\u2019Neal began his walk two weeks ago to protest the state\u2019s refusal to expand Medicaid following the closing of the only hospital in the Belhaven region.\u00a0 Congressman Butterfield, co-chair of the new State Medicaid Expansion Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives, applauded O\u2019Neal\u2019s efforts to bring attention to Medicaid expansion.\n\n\tButterfield said, \u201cMayor O\u2019Neal\u2019s support for Medicaid expansion shows that this is a non-partisan issue.\u00a0 Poor democrats and republicans alike need health insurance.\u00a0 Health care should be a right for all, not a privilege for the few.\u00a0 It must be made available to every American regardless of their income status.\u00a0 The state\u2019s refusal to expand is an injustice not only to the 500,000 North Carolinians it affects, but also to the millions of Americans nationwide being denied expansion in their states.\u00a0 I applaud Mayor O\u2019Neal for his courage and activism, and hope more Republicans will put aside party differences to do what\u2019s right.\u201d\u00a0\n\n\tTo see images and footage from today\u2019s walk, click on pictures and video.\u00a0\n\n\t\u00a0\n\n\t###", 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://web.archive.org/web/20140919122116/http://butterfield.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=22&itemid=818"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7723458111286163, "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"}