{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://jones.house.gov/press-release/jones-continues-fight-enc-waterways", "JONES CONTINUES FIGHT FOR ENC WATERWAYS", "2014-09-23", "2014", "2014-09", "Republican", "House", "NC", "Walter Jones", "J000255", "jones.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) is working with a bipartisan coalition of coastal members of Congress fighting to make sure that America\u2019s inlets and waterways get their fair share of funding from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF).\u00a0 Jones and 57 of his colleagues are calling on House negotiators on the fiscal year 2015 government funding bill to increase the amount of money annually disbursed from the Fund.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n\u201cThe maintenance of our inlets and harbors is vital to the economic success of Eastern North Carolina,\u201d said Congressman Jones.\u00a0 \u201cCongress must step up and increase the disbursement rate of HMTF revenue so that the waterways in our region and throughout the country can be improved.\u201d\nMoney flows into the Harbor Maintenance Trust fund from a tax on shippers based on the value of goods shipped through ports. \u00a0In years past, revenue coming into the fund has far exceeded appropriations from the fund for waterway maintenance. \u00a0As a result, ports, harbors and inlets across the country have received far less money than necessary to maintain safe navigation. \u00a0This includes many waterways in Eastern North Carolina such as Oregon Inlet, Hatteras Inlet, Morehead City Harbor, Bogue Inlet, New River Inlet and others.\u00a0\nA copy of the coalition\u2019s letter to House appropriators can be found here.", 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://jones.house.gov/press-release/jones-continues-fight-enc-waterways"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6635712236166, "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"}