{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-schmitt-urge-trump-to-approve-missouri-emergency-declaration-unlock-disaster-funding-immediately/", "Hawley, Schmitt Urge Trump to Approve Missouri Emergency Declaration & Unlock Disaster Funding Immediately", "2025-05-21", "2025", "2025-05", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Earlier this morning, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) penned a letter to President Donald Trump, urging him to swiftly approve Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe\u2019s May 19 emergency disaster declaration in light of recent devastating storms.\n\n\u201cIf approved, this declaration would immediately unlock critical funding to support state and local efforts to remove debris and take emergency protective measures,\u201d the Senators wrote.\n\n\u201cAfter touring the devastated neighborhoods, we can personally attest to the scale of the damage and the clear need for the governor\u2019s request to unlock this first step of federal assistance to support first responder efforts,\u201d they explained.\n\nThis emergency designation would unlock resources for immediate needs such as debris removal while the damage is assessed for a more widespread disaster declaration. Senator Hawley spent Monday on the ground in St. Louis, Missouri, meeting with victims and surveying the damage inflicted by Friday\u2019s tornadoes, and has set up a portal on his website to help constituents with insurance claims.\n\nRead the full letter here or below.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T00:49:36Z"]], "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-schmitt-urge-trump-to-approve-missouri-emergency-declaration-unlock-disaster-funding-immediately/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4336560852825642, "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"}