{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://rokita.house.gov/press-release/rokita-tours-4th-district-hear-hoosiers-their-hometowns", "ROKITA TOURS 4TH DISTRICT TO HEAR HOOSIERS IN THEIR HOMETOWNS", "2014-11-11", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "IN", "Todd Rokita", "R000592", "rokita.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nNovember 7, \u00a02014\nContact: Brendan Thomas  \n\tPhone: (202) 225-0664  \n\tE-mail: brendan.thomas@mail.house.gov\nROKITA TOURS 4TH DISTRICT TODAY TO HEAR HOOSIERS IN THEIR HOMETOWNS\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Rep. Todd Rokita toured Indiana\u2019s 4th District today, visiting eight towns from Brownsburg to Rensselaer to hear Hoosiers closer to their homes. In Kokomo, Kentland, Monticello, Greencastle, West Lafayette and Crawfordsville, too, he told his constituents, \u201cI get my marching orders from you\u201d \u2013 before he travels to Washington, D.C., next week to plan a pro-growth, pro-jobs agenda with a new Congressional class.\n\u201cThe House has passed over 300 pieces of legislation, dozens of them jobs bills, many bi-partisan, which Harry Reid has refused to bring to a vote in the Senate,\u201d explained Rokita in Brownsburg. \u201cAmerica replaced him because they want action, not more paralysis. The Republican majority in the House and now Senate will fulfill its duty to govern \u2013 something the Senate Democrats refused to do under Harry Reid\u2019s reign.\u201d\nThe House Budget Committee member is hopeful for legislative action on a number of priorities, which may include moving ahead with the Keystone Pipeline, repealing ObamaCare\u2019s medical device tax, and reforming K-12 education policy. Rokita also serves as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, and he led negotiations to help pass the Student Success Act in 2013.\u00a0 The bill was the first in 13 years to reauthorize federal K-12 education law, but sits idly in the Senate. \u201cThis is going to be an active 114th Congress,\u201d he said. \u201cHoosiers are demanding free-market solutions to problems from education to economic regulation. \u00a0We\u2019re going to deliver results.\u201d\nRokita spoke with Hoosiers over breakfast, lunch and dinner at a variety of local restaurants and diners. In Monticello, he talked with constituents about enacting Indiana\u2019s model reforms on the federal level. \u201cSince I was Indiana\u2019s Secretary of State, Hoosiers have been driving conservative policy at the national level. \u00a0That record will only continue into the 114th Congress, as I continue fighting for all people so that they can build better lives for themselves and their families,\u201d he said.\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-tours-4th-district-hear-hoosiers-their-hometowns"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6678188219666481, "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"}