{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://halrogers.house.gov/press-releases?ID=DC74B57D-4139-474F-8CC0-BB730FDEB031", "Congressman Rogers Delivers Funding for Police in Southern & Eastern Kentucky", "2026-08-24", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "House", "KY", "Harold Rogers", "R000395", "halrogers.house.gov", "halrogers", "https://halrogers.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "The Center for Rural Development to administer Law Enforcement Technology 2.0 Project\n\nSomerset, KY \u2013 (Aug. 24, 2026) When an emergency happens, reliable communication can make all the difference. The Center for Rural Development will administer a new initiative to help equip law enforcement agencies across Southern and Eastern Kentucky with modern communications technology to better coordinate and respond when communities need them most.\n\nThe Law Enforcement Technology 2.0 Project was officially announced Monday, Aug. 24, in Somerset, bringing together law enforcement officers and public safety leaders from across the region to highlight a major investment in the communications technology first responders rely on to protect their communities.\n\n\u201cNatural disasters and other recent tragedies during emergency response have magnified the need for new communications equipment in our rural police departments across Southern and Eastern Kentucky,\u201d said U.S. Congressman Hal Rogers. \u201cThis funding will not only help our police officers better serve our communities, but it will also protect our first responders during critical emergency situations, ensuring they can communicate with one another when every second counts.\u201d\n\nFunding for the Law Enforcement Technology 2.0 Project was secured by Congressman Rogers in a $20 million Community Project Funding earmark that was signed into law by President Trump in February. The funding is exclusively for police departments in Kentucky\u2019s Fifth Congressional District to upgrade communications equipment for emergency response and natural disaster management.", 1, "2026-08-25T05:31:37Z", "2026-08-25T05:33:09Z"]], "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://halrogers.house.gov/press-releases?ID=DC74B57D-4139-474F-8CC0-BB730FDEB031"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.901680137962103, "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"}