{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcclellan.house.gov/media/press-releases/mcclellan-spanberger-wittman-announce-225-million-grant-award-richmond", "McClellan, Spanberger, Wittman Announce $2.25 Million Grant Award for Richmond International Airport", "2024-10-22", "2024", "2024-10", "Democrat", "House", "VA", "Jennifer L. McClellan", "M001227", "mcclellan.house.gov", "mcclellan", "https://mcclellan.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Richmond, VA \u2013 Today, Representatives Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), and Rob Wittman (R-VA-01) announced Richmond International Airport (RIC) will receive $2,250,000 to design a consolidated Passenger Screening Checkpoint to improve passenger flow and reduce congestion.\n\nIn September, McClellan led a bipartisan push supported by Spanberger and Wittman to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) calling for increased federal funding to support the design and construction of a consolidated passenger screening checkpoint to meet current and projected capacity requirements.\n\n\u201cRichmond International Airport has incredible impacts on the Central Virginia economy. Last year, the airport reported record passenger traffic, which will continue to grow in the coming years,\u201d said McClellan. \u201cWe must ensure we modernize and upgrade existing infrastructure to support current and future needs. I\u2019m thrilled by today\u2019s funding announcement to build a new consolidated passenger screening checkpoint, which will increase capacity and efficiency.\u201d\n\n\u201cFor the second year in a row, Richmond International Airport is on track to serve a record number of passengers,\u201d said Spanberger. \u201cThe airport is integral to the continued growth of our Commonwealth\u2019s economy and Virginians\u2019 ability to get where they\u2019re going through the air. I\u2019m proud to have worked alongside Representatives McClellan and Wittman to bring this funding home.\u201d\n\nThis grant funding was awarded through the Department of Transportation (DOT) FAA\u2019s Airport Terminals Program. Established by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Airport Terminals Program provides competitive grants for airport terminal development projects that address the aging infrastructure of the nation\u2019s airports.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"]], "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://mcclellan.house.gov/media/press-releases/mcclellan-spanberger-wittman-announce-225-million-grant-award-richmond"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.47668894007802, "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"}