{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-bill-requiring-cleanup-jana-elementary-passes-senate/", "Hawley Bill Requiring Cleanup of Jana Elementary Passes the Senate", "2023-04-26", "2023", "2023-04", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "This afternoon the United States Senate passed U.S. Senator Josh Hawley\u2019s (R-Mo.) bill, the Justice for Jana Elementary Act mandating the clean up of Jana Elementary School and radioactive waste testing to be performed at the surrounding buildings in the Hazelwood School District.\n\n\u201cThe federal government caused this problem, and the federal government should fix this problem. [\u2026] This community in St. Louis has been asked to live with the fallout of the federal government\u2019s actions for decades. [\u2026] Today we are going to get justice for these kids, and we\u2019re going to start the cleanup process that should have happened decades ago,\u201d said Senator Hawley.\n\nWatch the full speech here or by clicking above.\n\nBACKGROUND:\n\nSenator Hawley has consistently advocated on behalf of the students and families of the Hazelwood School District. Most recently, Senator Hawley secured Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm\u2019s support for the bill, after questioning her in a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing last week.\n\nThis week Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives.\n\nLast month, Senator Hawley delivered remarks and attempted to unanimously pass his legislation to clean up Jana Elementary School and test the surrounding buildings in the Hazelwood School District, but it was blocked.\n\nIn early March, Senator Hawley called out the Biden Administration for its lack of action on the Jana Elementary School cleanup, and pledged to hold all nominees to positions at the DOE until the issue is resolved.\n\nIn February, Senator Hawley introduced the Justice for Jana Elementary Act of 2023 following an Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing where he pushed the DOE for answers on the radioactive waste found at the school.\n\nIn January, Senator Hawley and Representative Bush sent a letter to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Lieutenant General Scott Spellmon calling for additional radioactive testing of Hazelwood School District\u2019s properties.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:02:19Z"]], "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.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-bill-requiring-cleanup-jana-elementary-passes-senate/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.868003349751234, "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"}