{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-introduces-new-legislation-justly-compensate-landowners-stop-federal-confiscation-farmland/", "Hawley Introduces New Legislation to Justly Compensate Landowners & Stop Federal Confiscation of Farmland", "2023-12-06", "2023", "2023-12", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Just Compensation Act of 2023 to prevent the federal government and private companies from confiscating Missourians\u2019 property without just compensation.\n\n\u201cMissouri farmers work tirelessly to keep our state, and country, fed. The last thing they should have to deal with is big corporations and the federal government coming to try and take their land,\u201d said Senator Hawley. \u201cCongress must make it a priority to protect Missouri landowners and their property rights.\u201d\n\nThis legislation follows Senator Hawley\u2019s defense of farmers affected by the Grain Belt Express construction campaign. Last month, Senator Hawley sent a letter to Invenergy CEO Michael Polsky, demanding the company make commitments to operate in good faith and adequately compensate landowners impacted by the proposed transmission line.\n\nSenator Hawley\u2019s Just Compensation Act of 2023 would:\n\nProhibit the federal government from delegating the power to exercise eminent domain to any private entity;\n\nRequire the federal government to provide just compensation of 150 percent fair market value when exercising eminent domain; and\n\nImpose annual reporting requirements on the Attorney General.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:56:20Z"]], "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-introduces-new-legislation-justly-compensate-landowners-stop-federal-confiscation-farmland/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8004591800272465, "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"}