{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bresnahan.house.gov/media/press-releases/bresnahan-secretary-duffy-push-infrastructure-improvements-nanticoke-bridge", "Bresnahan, Secretary Duffy Push for Infrastructure Improvements at Nanticoke Bridge", "2026-08-25", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.", "B001327", "bresnahan.house.gov", "bresnahan", "https://bresnahan.house.gov/media", "scraper", "Today, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) welcomed U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy to Northeastern Pennsylvania for a tour of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP) and visit to the Nanticoke Bridge.\n\n\u201cBridges don\u2019t care if you are a Republican or a Democrat, everyone needs to get from point A to point B,\u201d said Rep. Bresnahan. \u201cSince the Nanticoke Bridge closed, businesses have been cut off, commuters and families are stuck in traffic, and emergency response times have nearly doubled. But this is not an isolated incident; nearly one in four bridges in NEPA have been deemed structurally deficient. That\u2019s why I\u2019m fighting to put more federal infrastructure dollars directly in the hands of local communities. I thank Secretary Duffy for coming to NEPA and seeing firsthand why these investments matter, and I look forward to continuing the fight to keep Pennsylvania moving.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Trump Administration is excited about all the ways transportation infrastructure is being strengthened here in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area,\u201d said Secretary Duffy. \u201cFrom investing nearly $18 million into the air traffic control system and $3 million into family-friendly infrastructure at AVP to meeting with local leaders on the Nanticoke bridge, we\u2019re making sure Pennsylvanians have the state-of-the-art transportation they deserve. Thanks to local leaders like Rep. Bresnahan, the needs of northeast Pennsylvania will not be overlooked.\u201d\n\nThe Nanticoke Bridge, which closed to traffic in March 2025, connects the communities of West Nanticoke and Plymouth Township to Nanticoke. While it has the funding necessary to build, the bridge stands empty, awaiting the proper permitting that can take years to be approved.\n\nNearly 700,000 passengers traveled through AVP last year. While on a tour of the airport, Rep. Bresnahan and Secretary Duffy highlighted the $12.5 billion in air traffic control modernization passed through the Working Families Tax Cuts and the significant technology upgrades coming to AVP.", 1, "2026-09-02T09:19:58Z", "2026-09-02T09:20:51Z"]], "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://bresnahan.house.gov/media/press-releases/bresnahan-secretary-duffy-push-infrastructure-improvements-nanticoke-bridge"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7474219892174006, "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"}