{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-statement-on-epa-decision-to-abandon-navigable-water-protection-rule", "Cotton Statement on EPA Decision to Abandon Navigable Water Protection Rule", "2021-06-09", "2021", "2021-06", "Republican", "Senate", "AR", "Tom Cotton", "C001095", "www.cotton.senate.gov", "cotton", "https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact:James ArnoldorMary Collins Atkinson(202) 224-2353\n\nJune 9, 2021\n\nCotton Statement on EPA Decision to Abandon Navigable Water Protection Rule\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2013 Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the statement below following the Biden administration\u2019s announcement that the Environmental Protection Agency would abandon the Navigable Water Protection rule and seek additional regulations.\n\n\u201cThe Navigable Water Protection rule secured our nation\u2019s clean water supply without punishing homeowners, small businesses, and ag producers. The Biden EPA\u2019s decision to abandon the rule is a political move designed to pacify radical environmentalists and to expand federal control, at the expense of Arkansans. We\u2019ve fought this battle before and won\u2014we can do it again.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:57:00Z"]], "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.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-statement-on-epa-decision-to-abandon-navigable-water-protection-rule"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.3243860341608524, "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"}