{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://upton.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398737", "2016: The Year in Review and A Look Ahead", "2016-12-22", "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 new report titled \u201c2016: The Year in Review and A Look Ahead\u201d which outlines legislative and policy priorities his office tackled in 2016 and sets priorities for the new year ahead in 2017. \r\n\u201cWe had a busy 2016 focusing on common-sense, bipartisan solutions to problems facing families and businesses here in Southwest Michigan and across the country,\u201d said Upton. \u201cWe were able to make enormous progress and I\u2019m looking forward to the new year as we still have much work to do. In 2017, we plan on pursuing an ambitious agenda that will tackle issues of great importance. Working together, I\u2019m excited and optimistic about the opportunities before us as we continue to get the job done for folks in Southwest Michigan.\u201d \r\nThe report breaks down 10 specific policy areas in which Congressman Upton has been a bipartisan community leader; 21st Century Cures, jobs and the economy, healthcare, national security and veterans, education, the Great Lakes and our environment, energy, the prescription opioid and heroin epidemic, infrastructure, and good government and oversight. \r\nClick HERE to read the report. \r\nClick HERE to read Upton\u2019s top 16 success stories of 2016 \r\nClick HERE to see Upton\u2019s photos of the year. \r\nClick HERE to read the six must-read op-ed\u2019s from Upton this year.", 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=398737"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4418379869312048, "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"}