{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.portman.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/portman-bill-improve-federal-procurement-save-taxpayer-dollars-included", "Portman Bill to Improve Federal Procurement, Save Taxpayer Dollars Included in Final FY 2021 Bipartisan Funding Measure", "2020-12-21", "2020", "2020-12", "Republican", "Senate", "OH", "Rob Portman", "P000449", "www.portman.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Portman Bill to Improve Federal Procurement, Save Taxpayer Dollars Included in Final FY 2021 Bipartisan Funding Measure\n \n      \n  \n\n          \n                          \n      December 21, 2020\n      \n  \n |     \n                          \n      Press Releases\n      \n  \n  \n    \n                  WASHINGTON, DC Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) announced that the final FY 2021 bipartisan funding bill includes his bipartisanConstruction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act, which prohibits the use of reverse auctions to ensure federal construction projects are done in the most cost-effective manner. Portman issued the following statement:\nI'm pleased the final FY 2021 bipartisan funding measure includes my bipartisan legislation to ensure the federal governmentworks better for the American people. The bipartisan Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act will make sure that federally-funded construction projects are competitive both for cost and quality. American taxpayers deserve a streamlined, less costly and more accountable federal government and passage of this measure will help to ensure that.\n###", 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.portman.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/portman-bill-improve-federal-procurement-save-taxpayer-dollars-included"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.493323827162385, "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"}