{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.paul.senate.gov/news-sen-rand-paul-applauds-executive-order-supporting-kentucky-farmers-and-coal-miners/", "Sen. Rand Paul Applauds Executive Order Supporting Kentucky Farmers and Coal Miners", "2017-02-28", "2017", "2017-02", "Republican", "Senate", "KY", "Rand Paul", "P000603", "www.paul.senate.gov", "paul", "https://www.paul.senate.gov/news/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Senator Rand Paul today released the following statement applauding President Trump\u2019s executive order calling for a review and reconsideration of the Waters of the U.S. Rule and re-defining \u201cNavigable Waters\u201d in a manner consistent with the Scalia opinion in Rapanos v. United States and his own Defense of Environment and Property Act.\n\nThe Obama administration EPA and Army Corps of Engineers\u2019 WOTUS rule significantly expands the definition of waters in the U.S. to include non-navigable waters, certain dry land, drains, ditches, small ponds, and even depressions in fields that are only wet after heavy rains. Sen. Paul\u2019s Defense of Environment and Property Act, like President Trump\u2019s executive order, defines navigable waters as navigable-in-fact and relatively permanent bodies of water.\n\n\u201cRepealing the Waters of the U.S. rule, one of the most egregious examples of government overreach on Kentucky farmers and miners, has always been a top priority of mine,\u201d said Dr. Paul. \u201cI applaud the President for continuing his efforts to provide regulatory relief to all Americans.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T21:24:24Z"]], "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.paul.senate.gov/news-sen-rand-paul-applauds-executive-order-supporting-kentucky-farmers-and-coal-miners/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6593048349022865, "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"}