{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://moolenaar.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/moolenaar-members-request-soo-locks-funding-new-army-corps-work-plan-0", "Moolenaar, Members Request Soo Locks Funding in New Army Corps Work Plan", "2018-10-19", "2018", "2018-10", "Republican", "House", "MI", "John Moolenaar", "M001194", "moolenaar.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman John Moolenaar - joined by Congressman Jack Bergman, Congressman Paul Mitchell, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, and 24 other members of the House of Representatives -has sent a bipartisanletter to the leadership of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requesting the Corps include $74 million forthe design and construction of a second freighter-sizedlock at the Soo Locks in its work plan for 2019.\nThe letter is signed by 28 members of the House from Great Lakes states, including the entire Michigan delegation. A copy of the letteris attached.\nIn the letter, the members write:\n\"We urge you to include $74 million in the FY2019 work plan for the construction of a second Poe-sized lock...thiswill allow design efforts to resume and construction to begin one shipping season earlier with a cost savings of approximately $30 million.\"\nThe 2019 Army Corps work plan is put togetherby theCorps and listsitspriorities for the coming year. The work plan must be submitted to Congress by November 20th.\nConstruction of a second freighter-sized lock wasauthorized by Congress in recently passed legislationand inclusion of thefunding request in the 2019work plan would be a first step in making sure the project is funded in the years ahead.", 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://moolenaar.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/moolenaar-members-request-soo-locks-funding-new-army-corps-work-plan-0"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.60535192117095, "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"}