{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-johnson-votes-pass-fy-2023-omnibus-appropriations-funding", "Congressman Johnson Votes to Pass FY 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Funding Package", "2022-12-26", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "GA", "Henry C. \"Hank\" Johnson, Jr.", "J000288", "hankjohnson.house.gov", "hankjohnson", "https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) voted to pass the FY 2023 government funding legislation. The bill delivers historic investments in American families and workers while strengthening Democracy at home and abroad. This legislation was passed by the Senate yesterday \u2013 and was passed in the House today. It will now head to the President\u2019s desk for signature. It funds the federal government until Sept. 2023.\n\nThe bill also includes local projects known as Community Project Funding (CPF). Congressman Johnson is proud to secure funding for 14 CPFs in his district totaling $15 million, including investments in transit, workforce development, walkable communities, fighting homelessness, affordable housing and renovations along Memorial Drive.\n\n\u201cIt is my job to fight for our district in Congress, and I am proud to secured funding for these critical projects from Clarkston to Conyers, Covington to Tucker and everywhere in between,\" Rep. Johnson said. \"I will continue to fight for our district to ensure that we get the federal funding we need to make our community stronger.\u201d\n\nThe 14 CFPs secured by Rep. Johnson that will directly benefit GA-04 residents include:\n\n\u2022 Department of Energy Projects Regional Clean Electricity Plan for Local Governments in Metro Atlanta; Atlanta Regional Commission: $750,000.\n\n\u2022 Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Easter Seals North Georgia, Inc., Clarkston, GA for early childhood workforce development $200,000.\n\n\u2022 Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Rockdale County Georgia, Conyers, GA for a workforce development initiative: $300,000.\n\n\u2022 Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Wellroot Family Services, Tucker, GA for housing and services and supplies, including the purchase of food, to improve economic outcomes of young adults transitioning out of foster care or experiencing homelessness: $286,500.\n\n\u2022 Department of Education Higher Education Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA for programs to expand access to postsecondary education, including English language proficiency support: $400,000.\n\n\u2022 Department of Transportation Highway Infrastructure Programs Michelle Obama Trail \u2014 PATH Trail Project DeKalb County Government: $3,617,500.\n\n\u2022 Department of Transportation Transit Infrastructure Grants Stonecrest Transit Hub Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority: $1 million | Department of Transportation Transit Infrastructure Grants Safe Routes to Transit in GA04 Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority: $1 million.\n\n\u2022 Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Fund Westside Youth Facility Newton County Government, Commissioner Alana Sanders: $4 million.\n\n\u2022 Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Fund Village at Legacy Affordable Housing Development City of Decatur: $750,000.\n\n\u2022 Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Fund Safe Housing for Domestic Violence Survivors in DeKalb County, GA Women Moving On, Inc.: $585,000.\n\n\u2022 Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Fund Memorial Drive Gateways Project DeKalb County Government: $1.5 million.\n\n\u2022 Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Fund Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.: $250,000.\n\n\u2022 Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Fund Safe and Stable Housing for Youth Aging out of Care Wellroot Family Services, Tucker, GA: $913,500.\n\nThis omnibus package includes a significant increase in non-defense discretionary funding \u2013 larger than the boost won in last March\u2019s government funding bill for Fiscal Year 2022. This funding was a top Democratic priority and will go toward supporting critical social programs that invest in our families, workers and communities.\n\nOther Key Democratic victories on health care include:\n\n\u2022 Ensuring permanent, mandatory and continuous coverage for the 40 million children enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP.\n\n\u2022 Record Medicaid funding for Puerto Rico and permanent enhanced Medicaid funding for all other territories, helping expand affordable, quality care to more Americans.\n\n\u2022 Historic funding for the critical Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting initiative, which improves health outcomes for pregnant people and young families who live in underserved communities.\n\n\u2022 Strong guardrails to prevent disruption to families\u2019 health coverage, as states resume Medicaid recertifications next year.\n\n\u2022 New investments in mental health services, which will improve access to medication-assisted treatment, expand our mental health workforce and increase coverage of mental health services.\n\n\u2022 Improving diversity in FDA clinical trials and providing FDA regulation of cosmetics.\n\n\u2022 Passing the PREVENT Pandemics Act, which uses lessons learns from COVID-19 to improve our preparedness for future public health emergencies.\n\nTo honor our sacred duty to our veterans, the bill secures $21 billion increase for veterans\u2019 health care. This will include supporting the VA as it implements the landmark PACT Act.\n\nThis legislation also includes robust defense funding, which will increase pay for our heroic troops and meet the basic needs of our military families. This includes another consequential round of security, economic and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, as we continue to support their fight for Democracy.\n\nAdditional key Democratic victories include:\n\n\u2022 Creating a nationwide permanent Summer EBT Program so that 29 million kids can get healthy, nutritious meals throughout the summer.\n\n\u2022 For the first time in more than a decade, more funding for the National Labor Relations Board, which helps defend the right to organize.\n\n\u2022 Emergency disaster support to help victims of hurricanes and wildfires throughout our country, to address the water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, and $1 billion for Puerto Rico\u2019s electrical grid.\n\n\u2022 Reforming the Electoral Count Act of 1887, which will help thwart future attempts to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power like we saw on January 6th.\n\n\u2022 Critical Community Project Funding, to support vital projects that meet the needs of our families in our districts.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "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-votes-pass-fy-2023-omnibus-appropriations-funding"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8333791047334671, "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"}