{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.moreno.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/new-moreno-bill-to-sanction-canada-for-wildfire-pollution-emergency/", "New Moreno Bill to Sanction Canada for Wildfire Pollution Emergency", "2026-07-17", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "OH", "Bernie Moreno", "M001242", "www.moreno.senate.gov", "moreno", "https://www.moreno.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) released a new bill to sanction Canada and Canadian officials for their failure to contain the wildfires polluting American skies throughout Ohio and the greater United States. Senator Moreno\u2019s bill would sanction the Canadian officials responsible for the emergency and revoke their visas until the emergency has been lifted.\n\n\u201cThanks to Canada\u2019s failed leadership, Ohio\u2019s skies are seeing the worst pollution on record and Ohioans across the state are being subjected to hazardous conditions \u2013 we will not tolerate this incompetence,\u201d said Moreno. \u201cMy bill will declare an emergency, sanction all Canadian officials responsible, and study a victims compensation fund driven by imposing additional tariffs.\u201d\n\nSenator Moreno\u2019s bill:\n\nRequires the President to determine if Canadian wildfires harmed U.S. air quality\n\nSanctions Canadian officials responsible, including by blocking assets and imposing restrictions\n\nRevokes visas for individuals sanctioned under the bill\n\nExpresses a sense of Congress that the Canadian ambassador is a \u201cpersona non grata\u201d until wildfire smoke no longer affects the United States", 1, "2026-08-10T06:13:07Z", "2026-08-10T06:14:46Z"]], "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.moreno.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/new-moreno-bill-to-sanction-canada-for-wildfire-pollution-emergency/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0886210948228836, "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"}