{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-johnson-highlights-putting-people-over-politics-gptc", "Congressman Johnson Highlights  Putting \u2018People Over Politics\u2019 at GPTC Groundbreaking", "2023-08-30", "2023", "2023-08", "Democrat", "House", "GA", "Henry C. \"Hank\" Johnson, Jr.", "J000288", "hankjohnson.house.gov", "hankjohnson", "https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "$12M Regional Transportation Training Center Funding From American Rescue Plan, Congressional CPFs, state and local municipalities\n\nSTONECREST, GA \u2014 Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) celebrated the groundbreaking of a new $12 million Regional Transportation Training Center at Georgia Piedmont Technical College in Georgia\u2019s Fourth District in South DeKalb.\n\n\u201cThe investments and efforts that are being put into bringing this project to fruition are a testament to what we can do when we put people over politics and get to work for the American people and our constituents,\u201d said Rep. Johnson, who pointed to the Inflation Reduction Act, the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act, the CHIPS & Science Act and his Community Funding Project program as highlights of the work to invest in the American people and create better paying jobs.\n\nOnce completed in the summer of 2024, the Regional Transportation Training Center will be the largest of its kind in the Southeast \u2013 serving hundreds of students a year.\n\nThe U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics reports heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers in Georgia earn an average salary of more than $52,000/year and employment in this industry is projected to grow four percent over the next eight years. Georgia Piedmont Technical College offers truck-driving courses through its traditional credit route as well as the economic development division; the college also trains MARTA bus drivers. Successful completion of the CDL course can get students on the road in just a few months.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:30:18Z"]], "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://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-johnson-highlights-putting-people-over-politics-gptc"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7922060322016478, "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"}