{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://upton.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398733", "End-of-the-Year Roundup: Top 16 Success Stories", "2016-12-21", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "MI", "Fred Upton", "U000031", "upton.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, today released a list of his top 16 success stories of 2016. \r\n\u201cWe had a busy year, and despite the odds, we were able to accomplish big things in 2016,\u201d said Upton. \u201cFrom top-notch constituent service operations, to legislative accomplishments such as a national defense bill that aims to provide the largest pay-raise to our troops in six years, water infrastructure improvements and updates that specifically helped Flint residents, meaningful mental health reforms, and, of course, the groundbreaking 21st Century Cures Act that will bring faster cures to patients in need, Congress worked together in 2016 to accomplish tremendous things for the American people.\u201d\r\nBelow are 16 examples of that bipartisan success from 2016: \r\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Game-changing medical innovation bill, 21st Century Cures, now law \r\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Unmatched constituent services \u00a0\r\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Federal aid for Flint \r\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sweeping, bipartisan opioid abuse package signed into law \r\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Landmark, bipartisan mental health reform legislation signed into law \r\n6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 President Obama signs bipartisan pipeline safety legislation into law \r\n7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The most meaningful chemical safety reforms in a quarter century signed into law\r\n8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Upton/Peters defense legislation signed into law \r\n9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bipartisan legislation to protect sexual assault survivors signed into law\r\n10.\u00a0 A significant victory for Ibrahim Parlak to stay in the United States \r\n11.\u00a0 Critical defense bill aims to give our troops their biggest pay-raise in six years \r\n12.\u00a0 Michigan delegation continues bipartisan fight for Fort Custer \r\n13.\u00a0 Funding to fight the Zika virus \r\n14.\u00a0 Local FIRST Robotics teams take center stage in Washington, D.C.\r\n15.\u00a0 Advancing bipartisan legislation to support the health of our Great Lakes \r\n16.\u00a0 Bipartisan, bicameral legislation to honor South Haven Vietnam War veteran with Medal of Honor moves forward\r\n\u00a0BONUS: The Chicago Cubs winning the World Series", 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=398733"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5554539859294891, "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"}