{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.budd.senate.gov/2024/10/08/budd-joins-tillis-hudson-letter-urging-hhs-fema-to-operationalize-greensboro-migrant-facility-to-support-wnc-recovery/", "Budd Joins Tillis, Hudson Letter Urging HHS & FEMA to Operationalize Greensboro Migrant Facility to Support WNC Recovery", "2024-10-08", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "Senate", "NC", "Ted Budd", "B001305", "www.budd.senate.gov", "budd", "https://www.budd.senate.gov/category/news/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has joined a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell urging that the Greensboro Influx Care Facility (ICF) be operationalized to assist in Western North Carolina\u2019s recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene.\n\nThe letter was led by Senator Thom Tillis and Rep. Richard Hudson and co-signed by Reps. Virginia Foxx, Chuck Edwards, David Rouzer, Dan Bishop, Greg Murphy, and Patrick McHenry.\n\nThe letter reads, in part:\n\n\u201cAs you may know, Health and Human Services (HHS) currently operates GCC as an Influx Care Facility (ICF) meant to house and support unaccompanied alien children (UAC) in the case of an emergency. However, in June 2024, HHS\u2019s Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) at the Administration for Children & Families (ACF) announced that GCC has \u201cramped down its operations to facility upkeep.\u201d\n\n\u201cBased on our understanding of this facility, we think that it could be incredibly useful in supporting the people of western North Carolina as the region recovers from Hurricane Helene. For example, GCC could be used to temporarily house those displaced by the storm or to serve as a staging area for aid workers stationed in the state.\u201d\n\n\u201cOur delegation is grateful for the work that has been done by your agencies so far to assist the people of North Carolina. However, much more can and should be done to expediently aid those whose lives have been upended by this storm. We believe operationalizing GCC for the purposes of aid and recovery is an effective way to do so.\u201d\n\nFull text of the letter\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:55:29Z"]], "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.budd.senate.gov/2024/10/08/budd-joins-tillis-hudson-letter-urging-hhs-fema-to-operationalize-greensboro-migrant-facility-to-support-wnc-recovery/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6857800763100386, "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"}