{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://lance.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cures-bill-passes-securing-lance-victories", "Cures Bill Passes, Securing Lance Victories", "2016-11-30", "2016", "2016-11", "Republican", "House", "NJ", "Leonard Lance", "L000567", "lance.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WATCH LANCE SPEAK\nWASHINGTON, D.C. --- Congressman Leonard Lance (NJ-07) today hailed passage of the 21st Century Cures Act in the U.S. House.\u00a0 Lance, the chair of the Congressional Rare Disease Caucus and a member of the Energy and Commerce Health Committee, praised the landmark bill which has been two years in the making:\n\u201cThis legislation is for anyone who has lost a loved one from cancer, \u00a0had a friend who struggled with a rare disease or chronic condition, seen the pain of those suffering from mental illness or seen a life cut short from addiction.\u00a0 These are national priorities and I am proud to see this legislation through to the finish line.\u00a0 Patients are waiting.\u00a0 I urge the U.S. Senate to pass this measure and send it to the President for his signature,\u201d said Lance after passage.\nLance has worked for years to secure the following priorities, each was included in the final product:\n Overhaul of the country\u2019s biomedical innovation laws.\n\tReforms to mental health care that increase access and treatment.\n\tFunding for drug addiction prevention and programming for local communities and law enforcement.\n\tMeasures strengthening New Jersey\u2019s life science sector \u00a0- critical to the State and local economies.", 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://lance.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cures-bill-passes-securing-lance-victories"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.149265095591545, "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"}