{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://gutierrez.house.gov/press-release/schakowsky-gutierrez-and-quigley-send-letter-epa-support-stronger-smog-standard", "Schakowsky, Gutierrez and Quigley send letter to EPA in Support of Stronger Smog Standard", "2014-11-25", "2014", "2014-11", "Democrat", "House", "IL", "Luis Guti\u00e9rrez", "G000535", "gutierrez.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Reps. Jan Schakowsky, Luis Gutierrez, and Mike Quigley sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy in support of the Agency\u2019s consideration of a stronger standard for ground-level ozone (smog) pollution.\u00a0 Smog pollution poses serious risks to public health, including asthma.\u00a0 Children, the elderly, and those who work outdoors are most vulnerable to its impacts.\u00a0\nThe EPA is considering a standard ranging from 60-70 parts per billion \u2013 an improvement from the 75 parts per billion (ppb) standard that exists today, which experts say is inadequate to protect public health.\u00a0 The members urged a 60 ppb standard, which could extend life for four to five times as many people compared to weaker 70 ppb standard.\n\u201cWe hope that you will follow the long tradition of the EPA to set a protective standard that will build upon those decades of public health and technological progress,\u201d said the members.\u00a0 \u201cDoing so would have a lasting and positive impact on our home state of Illinois, where 1.2 million adults and 13 percent of children suffer from smog-related asthma.\u201d\u00a0\nThe full letter is attached.", 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://gutierrez.house.gov/press-release/schakowsky-gutierrez-and-quigley-send-letter-epa-support-stronger-smog-standard"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6762320883572102, "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"}