{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.justice.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senator-justice-votes-to-advance-farm-bill-out-of-senate-agriculture-committee/", "Senator Justice Votes to Advance Farm Bill Out of Senate Agriculture Committee", "2026-09-16", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WV", "James C. Justice", "J000312", "www.justice.senate.gov", "justice", "https://www.justice.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Senator Jim Justice voted to advance the Farm Bill out of the Senate Agriculture Committee and applauded Republicans\u2019 commitment to get it passed.\n\n\u201cFarmers carry the weight of this nation on their shoulders, and they are relying on us to get the Farm Bill across the finish line. Ag Committee has now made a step in the right direction to do just that. Our family farms and the future of our small towns depend on the policies that we create, and we can\u2019t leave them behind. I am grateful to see some of my own priorities included in this bill and many other bipartisan pieces of legislation. Now, the Senate needs to keep our foot on the gas to get this done in a bipartisan way, because our agricultural community deserves nothing less than that,\u201d said Senator Jim Justice.\n\nBACKGROUND:\n\nThe Farm Bill includes several priorities championed by Senator Justice, including:\n\nHot Rotisserie Chicken Act: Allows hot rotisserie chicken to be purchased with SNAP benefits.\n\nStrengthening Local Food Security Act: Directs USDA and state departments of agriculture to partner with food banks and schools to purchase locally grown food.\n\nRuffed Grouse Habitat: Includes an amendment to the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) reaffirming the importance of forested habitat for upland game birds, including ruffed grouse.\n\nFarm Credit Rural Housing Authority Study: Requires a study of the need for Farm Credit to increase its authority to provide rural home loans.\n\nFLOOD Act: Allows practices used under the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program to be used under the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) to help protect watersheds.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-22T09:42:49Z", "2026-09-22T09:44:35Z"]], "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.justice.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senator-justice-votes-to-advance-farm-bill-out-of-senate-agriculture-committee/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0072910226881504, "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"}