{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.blunt.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news?ContentRecord_id=664FB687-DEA7-4E8F-A41F-ED0E133A87AE", "Blunt, McCaskill Request Answers from FEMA on Carter County Flood Damage", "2017-12-05", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "MO", "Roy Blunt", "B000575", "www.blunt.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senators Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill are requesting additional information and answers to questions on federal assistance to help rebuild Carter County\u2019s public buildings following flooding earlier this year.\r\n\u201cDozens of homes, businesses, and public facilities were damaged or destroyed, including the Carter County Courthouse and the Carter County Sheriff\u2019s Office, when the Current River overflowed its banks, inundating portions of Carter County and the city of Van Buren,\u201d wrote the Senators in a letter to FEMA\u2019s Region VII Administrator. \u201cFrom a per capita standpoint, damage to Carter County\u2019s public facilities far exceeded damage to public facilities in any of the other 52 Missouri counties declared eligible for Public Assistance as a result of flooding this spring.\u201d\r\nFollowing the flooding that occurred between April 28 and May 11 of this year, Blunt and McCaskill sent a letter to President Trump supporting Governor Eric Greitens\u2019 request for a disaster declaration for Missouri counties impacted by severe storms and historic flooding.\r\nThe Senators\u2019 letter asks FEMA to clear up conflicting information about Carter County\u2019s obligation to carry flood insurance.\u00a0\r\nFull text of the letter can be found here.", 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.blunt.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news?ContentRecord_id=664FB687-DEA7-4E8F-A41F-ED0E133A87AE"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7275470308959484, "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"}