{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://rokita.house.gov/press-release/rokita-announces-committee-slate-adds-transportation-retains-key-posts-education-and", "ROKITA ANNOUNCES COMMITTEE SLATE: ADDS TRANSPORTATION; RETAINS KEY POSTS ON EDUCATION AND BUDGET PANELS", "2014-12-10", "2014", "2014-12", "Republican", "House", "IN", "Todd Rokita", "R000592", "rokita.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  \n\tCONTACT: 202-225-5037  \n\tDECEMBER 10, 2014\n\u00a0\n ROKITA ANNOUNCES COMMITTEE SLATE: ADDS TRANSPORTATION; RETAINS KEY POSTS ON EDUCATION AND BUDGET PANELS \n\u00a0\nCongressman Rokita: \u201cIn an era when our country is experiencing a crumbling transportation infrastructure and struggling to pay for its repairs due to our crippling debt, I am prepared to accept this challenge. I look forward to working with my colleagues to bring common sense and fiscally responsible methods for funding our nation\u2019s transportation and infrastructure projects the right way.\u00a0 In Indiana, the Crossroads of America, we have practiced these approaches \u2013 and they work.\u201d\nWashington, D.C.\u00a0\u2013 Representative Todd Rokita (IN-4), has been selected to join the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in the U.S. House of Representatives. Rokita begins his duties with his new committee assignment when the 114th United States Congress begins in January 2015.\n\"I'm pleased to welcome my good friend from Indiana to the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee,\u201d said Bill Shuster, Chairman of the Committee. \u201cRepresentative Rokita is a proven and effective leader, and will bring a wealth of ideas and expertise to the table as we tackle some of our country\u2019s greatest challenges.\u00a0I know Todd is principled, yet pragmatic \u2013 both of which will benefit the Committee in the 114th\u00a0Congress, as well as his constituents in Indiana.\"\nRokita has also been re-selected to serve on the House Budget Committee and the Committee on Education and the Workforce, where he currently chairs the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education. Rokita brings a depth of knowledge to tackling a U.S. transportation network that has increasingly fallen apart due to historic debt and bureaucratic interference. Recently, states have led the efforts to improve infrastructure through unique and innovative methods.\n\u201cI entered Congress to address our staggering and irresponsible budget situation in order to leave a stronger America for our children and our grandchildren,\u201d said Rokita. \u201cWe are now increasingly facing the same issue with our nation\u2019s infrastructure \u2013 the threat of leaving our posterity with highways, bridges, and communities that are falling apart without the means to repair them.\u201d\nRokita joins the committee tasked with oversight over all modes of transportation, from aviation to trucks to railroads, as well as jurisdiction over water resources, the Coast Guard, and development of economically depressed areas. As a former two-term statewide officeholder in Indiana, Rokita has seen first-hand the successes of Hoosier outside-the-box thinking that led to the largest infrastructure program in his state\u2019s history \u2013 Major Moves \u2013 which funded critical projects to advance the Hoosier economy.\u00a0\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://rokita.house.gov/press-release/rokita-announces-committee-slate-adds-transportation-retains-key-posts-education-and"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.530586974695325, "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"}