{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/manchin-and-capito-lead-bipartisan-group-urging-senate-leadership-to-reauthorize-lwcf", "Manchin and Capito Lead Bipartisan Group Urging Senate Leadership to Reauthorize LWCF", "2018-08-02", "2018", "2018-08", "Democrat", "House", "WV", "Joe Manchin", "M001183", "www.manchin.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "August 02, 2018\n\t\t\t Manchin and Capito Lead Bipartisan Group Urging Senate Leadership to Reauthorize LWCF \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWashington, DC  Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) led a bipartisan group of Senators in a letter urging the Senate Majority and Minority Leaders to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) before its expiration on September 30, 2018.\r\nThe LWCF is one of the country's best conservation programs, preserving public lands and ensuring access to outdoor recreation in rural and urban areas, the letter states. For the last half century, it has protected lands, historic sites, national parks, wilderness areas, and urban parks in every state It is critical that this program be reauthorized before its expiration on September 30, 2018.\r\nThe LWCF has supported more than 42,000 state and local projects in communities across the country. The program is funded by a portion of federal oil and gas royalties, operating without any taxpayer funding. However, according to the letter, since its founding in 1965 more than $21 billion has been diverted from the LWCF trust fund to other purposes. \r\nFor the economy, sportsmen, veterans, wildlife, and our kids and grandkids, we must permanently reauthorize LWCF, the letter continues. We also strongly request that you include mandatory full funding in any LWCF reauthorization package. We look forward to working with you to resolve this pressing issue.\r\nThe following Senators signed on to the letter, which you can view here:\r\nSenator Richard Burr (R-NC) \r\nSenator Maria Cantwell (D-WA)\r\nSenator Steve Daines (R-MT)\r\nSenator Michael Bennet (D-CO)\r\nSenator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)\r\nSenator Jon Tester (D-MT)\r\nSenator Susan Collins (R-ME)\r\nSenator Tom Udall (D-UT)\r\nSenator Cory Gardner (R-CO)\r\nSenator Lamar Alexander (R-TN)\r\nSenator Angus King (I-ME)\r\nSenator Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM)\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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.manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/manchin-and-capito-lead-bipartisan-group-urging-senate-leadership-to-reauthorize-lwcf"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7991930469870567, "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"}