{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-statement-new-reporting-about-radioactive-waste-st-louis/", "Hawley Statement on New Reporting about Radioactive Waste in St. Louis", "2023-07-12", "2023", "2023-07", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Hawley Statement on New Reporting about Radioactive Waste in St. Louis\nWednesday, July 12, 2023\nAfter\nnew reporting\nabout ongoing radioactive waste problems in St. Louis,\u00a0U.S.\u00a0Senator\u00a0Josh\u00a0Hawley\u00a0(R-Mo.)\u00a0released the following\nstatement\n:\nYears of stonewalling, half truths and downright lies to the people of St. Louis from their government. This is why I jammed through the Senate a new law to clean up Jana Elementary \u2013 or rebuild it. No more excuses\nhttps://t.co/l1nrJxxYKe\n\u2014 Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO)\nJuly 12, 2023\nBackground\nIn April, Senator Hawley\u2019s legislation\npassed the Senate\n, mandating the clean up of Jana Elementary School and radioactive waste testing to be performed at the surrounding buildings in the Hazelwood School District. Biden Energy Secretary Granholm\npledged to support the bill\n.\nIn March, Senator Hawley\ncalled out\nthe Biden Administration for its lack of action on the Jana Elementary School cleanup.\nIn February, Senator Hawley\nintroduced\nthe\nJustice for Jana Elementary Act\nfollowing\u00a0an Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing where he\npushed\nthe DOE for answers on the radioactive waste found at the school.\nIn January, Senator Hawley and Representative Bush\nsent a letter\nto USACE Lieutenant General Scott Spellmon calling for additional radioactive testing of Hazelwood School District\u2019s properties.\nLast October, Senator Hawley\ndemanded\nthat USACE conduct radioactive testing at Jana Elementary School following reports of contamination, and\ncalled on\nPresident Biden to declare a federal emergency and make aid available for students and families.\nIssues\n\u2190\nPrevious\nNext\n\u2192", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:18:03Z"]], "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-statement-new-reporting-about-radioactive-waste-st-louis/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.04853929951787, "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"}