{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://loebsack.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=334033", "Loebsack, Schock Call for Critical Waterway Improvements", "2013-03-12", "2013", "2013-03", "Democrat", "House", "IA", "Dave Loebsack", "L000565", "loebsack.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Congressmen Dave Loebsack (IA-02) and Aaron Schock (IL-18) led a group of 21 Members of Congress in calling on the President to include support for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers\u2019 Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) in its 2014 budget.\u00a0 This program supports navigation infrastructure improvements and ecological restoration on the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS).\u00a0\u00a0 The UMRS is the only river basin in the United States recognized by an act of Congress as both a nationally significant commercial navigation system and river ecosystem.\u201cEnsuring that the locks and dams on the UMRS are capable of providing effective traffic flow is critically important to the competitiveness of our agriculture and manufacturing industries, and ultimately the consumer,\u201d the Congressmen wrote in a letter to the President.\u00a0 \u201cNESP has a real opportunity to be a model for constructing navigation infrastructure, and we look forward to this potential being realized for the benefit of the region and the nation.\u00a0 We are hopeful that you will recognize the importance of NESP to the economy and ecosystem along the UMRS in your FY14 budget.\u201dA copy of the letter can be seen 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://loebsack.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=334033"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.545376144349575, "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"}