{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://upton.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398010", "Upton comments on ongoing Ebola outbreak ahead of Thursdays hearing", "2014-10-14", "2014", "2014-10", "Republican", "House", "MI", "Fred Upton", "U000031", "upton.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, released the following statement regarding the ongoing Ebola outbreak. The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing this Thursday, October 16, at noon to examine the U.S. public health response to the outbreak. Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be among the hearing witnesses.\r\n\u201cEbola has been on the world's radar screen since March and yet the United States and the international community are still scrambling to stay ahead of and stop this outbreak.\u00a0We remain gravely concerned about this ongoing threat and the committee will continue diligently investigating the response efforts and preparedness plans,\u201d said Upton. \u201cThe stakes could not be any higher, and as I have said before, we cannot afford to look back at this point in history and say we could have done more.\u201d\r\nMore background for Thursday\u2019s hearing is available online here. The committee first sent a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell seeking more information regarding the ongoing Ebola outbreak and preparedness and response efforts at home and abroad on September 12, 2014.", 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://upton.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398010"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7969459984451532, "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"}