{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.baldwin.senate.gov/press-releases/federal-disaster-declaration-for-western-wi-", "U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Announces Federal Disaster Declaration for Flooding in Western Wisconsin", "2016-10-20", "2016", "2016-10", "Democrat", "House", "WI", "Tammy Baldwin", "B001230", "www.baldwin.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "10.20.16\n\t\t\t U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Announces Federal Disaster Declaration for Flooding in Western Wisconsin  \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin today announced a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) major disaster declaration by President Obama for\u00a0ten western Wisconsin counties affected by the September flooding. This declaration will make federal funds available to repair\u00a0damaged\u00a0public infrastructure in Adams, Chippewa, Clark, Crawford, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Richland and Vernon\u00a0counties.\r\n\r\n\u201cDamage caused by heavy rains and flooding have left some communities wondering how they were going to pay for the repairs,\u201d said Senator Baldwin. \u201cThis declaration will provide relief for communities and help ensure they receive the federal funding they need to rebuild.\u201d\r\n\r\nThis declaration came after Senator Baldwin and members of the Wisconsin delegation sent a letter to President Obama requesting prompt federal support for the affected counties in western Wisconsin at the beginning of the month, and then another follow up letter last week requesting a major disaster declaration for western Wisconsin.\r\n\r\nSenator Baldwin has also recently called on the U.S. Department of Transportation to make federal Emergency Relief funds available to help repair roads and bridges damaged by recent severe storms and flooding in western Wisconsin.\u200e\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Press Release\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Press Release", 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://www.baldwin.senate.gov/press-releases/federal-disaster-declaration-for-western-wi-"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7534098587930202, "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"}