{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://biggs.house.gov/media/in-the-news/arizona-lawmakers-push-space-command-headquarters", "Arizona lawmakers push for Space Command headquarters", "2020-11-16", "2020", "2020-11", "Republican", "Senate", "AZ", "Andy Biggs", "B001302", "biggs.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "PHOENIX  Members of Arizona's congressional delegation are advocating for the state to be selected as the location ofthe permanent headquarters of the U.S. Space Command.\nThe offices of Republican U.S. Rep. Debbie Lesko and Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema said the lawmakers on Friday sent a letter to Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett advocating for the selection of an Arizona site and requesting a meeting to discuss Arizona's qualifications.\nThe other delegation members who also signed the letter were Republican Reps. Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar and David Schweikert and Democratic Reps. Ruben Gallego, Ann Kirkpatrick, Tom O'Halleran and Greg Stanton.\nThe lawmakers' letter said many Arizona cities meet the specified qualifications and that Arizona would be the perfect location for the command's headquarters because of its many aerospace and defense contractors, good climate and existing military installations.\nThose installations include Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Luke Air Force Base in metro Phoenix, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma and the Army's Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista.\nPeterson Air Force Basein Colorado Springs, Colorado, has been designatedthe command's initial quarters.\nPresident Donald Trump formally launched Space Command in December. The goal is to improve the organization of U.S. military space operations and accelerate technical developments.\nThe new command will draw elements from across the military services. It will have the same status as other headquarters such as U.S. Cyber Command, Special Operations Command and Strategic Command.\nThere is also a Space Command within the Air Force. It also is based in Peterson.\nOhio and Kansas are amongother statesseeking the U.S. Space Command's new quarters.", 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": ["https://biggs.house.gov/media/in-the-news/arizona-lawmakers-push-space-command-headquarters"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7991658058017492, "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"}