{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.schmitt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/schmitt-backed-policies-lead-to-major-auto-investment-in-missouri/", "Schmitt-Backed Policies Lead to Major Auto Investment in Missouri", "2026-07-24", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Eric Schmitt", "S001227", "www.schmitt.senate.gov", "schmitt", "https://www.schmitt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/", "scraper", "U.S. SENATE \u2014 Today, U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) issued the following statement after General Motors (GM) announced a new $157 million investment in the Wentzville, Missouri, plant. The announcement comes after Schmitt co-sponsored the Connected Vehicle Security Act, which helps expand automotive production in the United States and protects American national security by banning the importation, manufacture, and sale of Chinese vehicles and car parts in the U.S. Senator Schmitt praised GM\u2019s announcement as a major win for America\u2019s automotive industry as Republicans work to bring supply chains back to the U.S. and create more jobs for American workers.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve worked closely with American automakers like GM to increase manufacturing in Missouri and across the United States through policies like our Connected Vehicle Security Act, and repealing job-killing government regulations. Today\u2019s announcement is proof that when we invest in American production, American workers win. This expansion will boost manufacturing in Missouri, strengthen our domestic supply chain. For decades, our supply chains have drifted overseas and taken good-paying American jobs with them. It\u2019s time to reverse that decline. America is the birthplace of the modern automobile\u2014and American cars belong on American assembly lines. I\u2019m proud to work alongside GM to encourage more investment in Missouri communities and help revive this great American industry,\u201d said Senator Schmitt.\n\nBackground:\n\nThe Connected Vehicles Security Act passed out of the Senate Commerce Committee this week.\n\nSchmitt championed the Working Families Tax Cuts Act which zeroed out Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) penalties, potentially saving GM $6.5 billion in CAFE penalties. The Senator joined President Trump in the Oval Office to announce this win for American automakers.\n\nIn 2025, President Trump signed resolutions that Senator Schmitt supported to overturn EPA waivers that let California regulators impose stricter standards than the rest of the nation ending a costly two-track system for automakers like GM.\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-25T07:13:44Z", "2026-07-25T07:15:09Z"]], "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.schmitt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/schmitt-backed-policies-lead-to-major-auto-investment-in-missouri/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7329701222479343, "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"}