{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://pascrell.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/pascrell-slams-approval-of-passaic-river-litigation", "Pascrell Slams Approval of Passaic River Litigation", "2014-12-17", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "NJ", "Bill Pascrell", "P000096", "pascrell.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Paterson, NJ \u2013 Today, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) released the following statement regarding the announcement that a Superior Court judge has approved a $190 million settlement with Occidental Chemical Corp. that resolves the company's liability for contamination of the Passaic River.\n\u201cThis settlement is an insult to the Passaic River, those that fought for decades to protect it, as well as the people of New Jersey,\u201d said Rep. Pascrell. \u00a0\u201cThis type of political shell game should come as no surprise from a governor representing a state as economically depressed as New Jersey. Instead of balancing the state\u2019s budget at the expense of environmental protection and public health, Governor Christie should be prioritizing the communities he represents by dedicating one hundred percent of the these funds to the restoration of the Passaic River.\u201d\nIn October, Rep. Pascrell wrote to DEP Commissioner Martin urging the agency to reject the $190 million settlement agreement between NJDEP and Occidental Chemical Corporation over toxic pollution in the Passaic River. In the letter, Rep. Pascrell points out that more that 80 percent of the settlement will go to the State General Fund and not the restoration of the Passaic River.\n###", 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://pascrell.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/pascrell-slams-approval-of-passaic-river-litigation"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.655975891277194, "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"}