{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.murkowski.senate.gov/press/release/alaska-congressional-delegation-welcomes-federal-disaster-declaration-for-juneau-floods", "Alaska Congressional Delegation Welcomes Federal Disaster Declaration for Juneau Floods", "2024-10-18", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "Senate", "AK", "Lisa Murkowski", "M001153", "www.murkowski.senate.gov", "murkowski", "https://www.murkowski.senate.gov/press/press-releases?PageNum_rs=10", "scraper", "Washington, DC \u2013 U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK) and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK) welcomed the federal disaster declaration following Juneau\u2019s floods in early August. President Biden\u2019s declaration comes after dogged advocacy from the Alaska delegation along with community leaders to ensure Juneau residents would have federal support to recover from the flooding of Suicide Basin. This declaration paves the way for both individual and public assistance to be distributed to the residents of Juneau.\n\n\u201cI am pleased by the federal disaster declaration to help the Juneau community recover from the flooding of Suicide Basin late this summer,\u201d said Senator Murkowski. \u201cHaving seen the wreckage from these floods firsthand, I stand firmly with the people of Juneau. As the community wrestles with the potential of additional flooding, this declaration comes at a critical time for recovery efforts in our state\u2019s capital.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe damage to homes and property in the wake of the record-breaking flooding in Juneau this August is extensive,\u201d said Senator Sullivan. \u201cWhile there was thankfully no loss of life, the Mendenhall Valley community faces an overwhelming recovery process. I appreciate FEMA\u2019s approval of Governor Dunleavy\u2019s request for a federal disaster declaration, which I pushed for several times with FEMA Administrator Criswell. These FEMA funds will allow critical federal funding to supplement the incredible state and local efforts that are already underway. My team and I are also continuing to work with the Army Corps of Engineers for a long-term engineering solution to prevent this kind of destruction of homes and livelihoods in the future. The outburst flooding caused by the Mendenhall Glacier every summer is not sustainable.\u201d\n\n\u201cRelieved to see Juneau\u2019s disaster declaration approved, but there\u2019s so much work left to be done,\u201d Representative Peltola said. \u201cLocal efforts led by the city, Tlingit & Haida, and all those who have stepped up will finally get the federal support they need. We're monitoring this process closely to make sure funding gets to Mendenhall Valley without delay.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:55:29Z"]], "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.murkowski.senate.gov/press/release/alaska-congressional-delegation-welcomes-federal-disaster-declaration-for-juneau-floods"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.6887678541243076, "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"}