{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://higgins.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/higgins-announces-house-approval-of-2020-federal-budget", "Higgins Announces House Approval of 2020 Federal Budget", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Democrat", "House", "NY", "Brian Higgins", "H001038", "higgins.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) announced the House of Representatives approved appropriation bills funding federal departments and programs through the 2020 fiscal year.\n\nWhile imperfect, this budget represents a compromise that continues government operations, programs, investments and opportunities important to Western New York, said Higgins, a member of the House Budget Committee.\n\nCongressman Higgins outlined several provisions in the bill important to the Western New York region:\n\nClean Water / Great Lakes: \n \nProvides $320 million - a $20 million increase - for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, a program that has supported cleanup of the Buffalo River\n\tIncreases the Clean Water State Revolving Fund by $244.8 million over FY19\n\tBoosts the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund by $262.1 million to $1.13 billion for FY20\n\tProvides $28 million for Sewer Overflow Grants\n\tAdds $19.5 million to reduce lead in drinking water\n\tDedicates $29 million (through allocations to NOAA, EPA and USGS) to address harmful algal blooms (HABs)\n\tIncludes $40.482 toward control of invasive species, such as Asian carp, zebra mussels & Sea Lampreys\n \nHealth & Research: \n \nAdds $2.6 billion to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In 2019, NY26 researchers, including those at Roswell Park and the University at Buffalo, have received over $104 million in NIH grants.\n\tProvides the National Cancer Institute an additional $150 million for cancer research\n\tIncrease Department of Defense Cancer Research programs by more than 30%\n\tIncludes an additional $30 million toward Department of Defense Traumatic Brain Injury and psychological health research\n\tAddresses the opioid epidemic with a total of $2.31 billion toward state opioid response grants, opioid overdose prevention and surveillance efforts, opioid addiction research and medication-assisted treatment programs\n \nTransportation / Infrastructure: \n \nNew York will receive over $84.845 million in additional Highway and Transit funding\n\tIncreases BUILD (Previously TIGER) grant infrastructure funding by $100 million\n\tProvides $1.4 billion, an increase of $67 million, for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and flight safety\n \nEconomic Development:\n \nAdds $19 million to the Economic Development Administration budget which has supported local projects including: Tonawanda Tomorrow, Bethlehem Steel site revitalization and Launch NY\n\tBoosts Manufacturing Extension Partnership funds by $6 million. WNY's Insyte Consulting has been the top MEP performer nationwide since 2013, returning over $325 for every government dollar invested.\n\tBoosts funding to the National Park Services Historic Preservation Fund, which administers the Historic Tax Credit program which has supported $1.27 billion in investment in NY26 since 1999.\n\tExtends the New Markets Tax Credit which was used in the development of Roswell Park Clinical Sciences Center and Northland Workforce Training Center\n \nEducation: \n \nProvides an additional $550 million for the Head Start program\n\tBoosts Title I Grants and Special Education Grants\n\tAdds $660 million to the Career and Technical Education budget\n\tIncreases maximum Pell Grants by $150 and boosts funding for Educational Opportunity Grants and Federal Work Study\n\tProvides an additional $5 million funding for YouthBuild and a $40 million for the Corporation for National and Community Service, which includes AmeriCorps\n\tAllows 529 education savings plans to be used for apprenticeship programs.\n\tIncreases funding for the arts and public broadcasting\n \nDistressed Communities:\n \nProvides an additional $19 million to New York State in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnerships (HOME) funding. These programs fund community driven projects including: infrastructure and affordable housing. Both programs were proposed for elimination by the President.\n \n \nPreserves the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) which was proposed for elimination under the President's budget\n\tIncreases Homeless Assistance Grants by $141 million, including $80 million for homeless youth and $50 million for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault\n\tProvides $30 million in additional funds for the Senior Nutrition program\n\tIncreases funding for refugee programs and limits the ability of the Administration to change operations of the Office of Refugee Resettlement\n \nThe legislation also:\n \nIncludes, for the first time ever, $25 million for gun violence research\n\tIncreases the federal standard to purchase tobacco to age 21\n\tincludes $425 million for Election Assistance Commission funding for states to improve election security and technology.\n \nThe Senate is expected to vote on the federal budget bill on Thursday, December 19, in advance of the December 20 deadline to avert a government shutdown.", 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://higgins.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/higgins-announces-house-approval-of-2020-federal-budget"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.203266205266118, "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"}