{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://reichert.house.gov/press-release/rep-reicherts-statement-house-passage-highway-bill", "Rep. Reichert's Statement on House Passage of Highway Bill", "2015-12-03", "2015", "2015-12", "Republican", "House", "WA", "Dave Reichert", "R000578", "reichert.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC \u2013 Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Fixing America\u2019s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, which reauthorizes our nation\u2019s highways, transit, and safety programs as well as fully funds the Highway Trust Fund for the next five years. As a member of the highway bill conference committee, Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA) was part of the bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers that worked together to reach an agreement on the final conference report.\nCongressman Reichert made the following statement after the bill passed the House:\n\u201cAfter years of short-term fixes, Congress voted this afternoon to give states the long-term certainty they need to make investments in job creating infrastructure projects that are critical to our roads, bridges, economic competitiveness, and public safety. The bill gives states more control and flexibility in prioritizing funding for much-needed highway projects and contains provisions that will help us better compete in a 21st Century economy, including improvements in freight mobility and port performance measures to address future port slowdowns. This is especially important to Washingtonians as our freight systems and ports support 1.5 million jobs and produce $129 billion in annual revenue. The bill also includes provisions to improve highway safety such as encouraging states to address unsecure loads.\u201d\n\u201cAlthough this legislation is not perfect, I am proud of the work we have done as a bipartisan group to move a long-term highway solution to the President\u2019s desk.\u201d\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://reichert.house.gov/press-release/rep-reicherts-statement-house-passage-highway-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7156731337308884, "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"}