{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.rounds.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/delegation-applauds-administrations-decision-to-approve-south-dakota-disaster-declaration-following-severe-storms-and-flooding-", "Delegation Applauds Administration\u2019s Decision to Approve South Dakota Disaster Declaration Following Severe Storms and Flooding", "2019-09-24", "2019", "2019-09", "Republican", "Senate", "SD", "Mike Rounds", "R000605", "www.rounds.senate.gov", "rounds", "https://www.rounds.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) and U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) today applauded the administration for approving a major disaster declaration for several South Dakota counties, including Aurora, Bennett, Brule, Butte, Campbell, Custer, Deuel, Fall River, Gregory, Haakon, Hamlin, Hanson, Jackson, Jones, Lyman, Meade, Mellette, Pennington, Sanborn, Todd, Tripp, Turner, Union, Walworth, and Ziebach, as well as the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation and the Rosebud Reservation following severe storms and flooding from May 26 to June 7, 2019.\n\n\u201cThanks to President Trump for recognizing the need to provide disaster relief to South Dakota communities impacted by recent severe weather and flooding,\u201d said Rounds. \u201cThis will help local units of government and certain non-profit organizations to rebuild critical infrastructure and facilities that have been severely damaged.\u201d\n\n\u201cSouth Dakota has been hit with storm after storm this spring and summer, so I\u2019m glad this disaster declaration was approved and will provide our state with some much-needed relief,\u201d said Thune. \u201cI\u2019m thankful that the administration understood the urgency of this request and that folks affected by the storms and flooding will hopefully be able to get back on their feet more quickly.\u201d\n\n\u201cSouth Dakota has had a tough year,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cThis disaster declaration will allow South Dakota\u2019s communities to heal and repair more quickly, and I am grateful for the steadfast support the administration has shown our state during a year of unpredictable weather.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:37:07Z"]], "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.rounds.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/delegation-applauds-administrations-decision-to-approve-south-dakota-disaster-declaration-following-severe-storms-and-flooding-"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7749437354505062, "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"}