{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://adriansmith.house.gov/press-release/smith-praises-passage-midnight-rules-relief-act", "Smith Praises Passage of Midnight Rules Relief Act", "2016-11-17", "2016", "2016-11", "Republican", "House", "NE", "Adrian Smith", "S001172", "adriansmith.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) released the following statement today after voting in favor of H.R. 5982, the Midnight Rules Relief Act. This legislation amends the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to allow Congress to pass CRA resolutions to roll back multiple \u201cmidnight rules\u201d issued at the end of a presidential term.\n\t\u201cToo often, outgoing presidential administrations will hastily finalize costly, agenda-driven regulations during their final weeks in office,\u201d Smith said. \u201cThese rules have no time to be analyzed and can be very difficult to get rid of, even under a new administration. Today\u2019s bill not only discourages midnight rulemaking but also provides Congress an important tool to quickly overturn these regulations and return the power to create laws to the legislative branch.\u201d\n\tSince 2014, Smith has led his Regulation Rewind initiative to fight back against government overreach and red tape. Earlier this year, Smith led efforts in the House to use a CRA resolution to block implementation of the Obama administration\u2019s Waters of the U.S. rule (WOTUS). More information is available at AdrianSmith.house.gov/RegulationRewind.", 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": ["http://adriansmith.house.gov/press-release/smith-praises-passage-midnight-rules-relief-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0662060230970383, "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"}