{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/content/president-signs-cornyn-measure-help-speed-texas-coastal-protection-study", "President Signs Cornyn Measure to Help Speed Up Texas Coastal Protection Study", "2016-12-19", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "TX", "John Cornyn", "C001056", "www.cornyn.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Provision Included in Bipartisan Water Infrastructure Bill\nAUSTIN \u2013 U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act, bipartisan legislation that includes a major provision from his COAST Act to help streamline the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers\u2019 Coastal Texas Protection & Restoration Study along Texas\u2019 upper Gulf Coast, was signed into law by the President:\n\u201cThe folks who live along Texas\u2019 upper gulf coast are seeking certainty in the face of natural disasters, and this law takes a big step toward that,\u201d said Sen. Cornyn. \u00a0\u201cI\u2019m thankful the President has signed this bill into law so we can help streamline the Army Corps\u2019 study as we continue working to protect Texans living along our coast.\u201d\nThe provision authored by Sen. Cornyn requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to take into consideration certain studies already developed by the Gulf Coast Community Protection and Recovery District (GCCPRD) while completing its Storm Surge Suppression Study.", 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.cornyn.senate.gov/content/president-signs-cornyn-measure-help-speed-texas-coastal-protection-study"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1425122395157814, "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"}