{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://morgangriffith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=405783", "Griffith Announces More Than $1.9 Million in HHS Grants to Virginia Tech", "2026-08-06", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "House", "VA", "H. Morgan Griffith", "G000568", "morgangriffith.house.gov", "morgangriffith", "https://morgangriffith.house.gov/news/", "scraper", "The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded Virginia Tech, based in Blacksburg, Virginia, four research related grants worth $1,936,905. The funding breakdown of the grants is as follows:\n\n$774,123 to support trial on safe drinking water in Appalachia\n\n$667,837 to support research related to brain development in children and humans\n\n$451,417 to support research into development of new painkiller treatments\n\n$43,528 to support research into therapies for osteosarcoma, a bone cancer\n\nIn response to these grant notices, U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement:\n\n\u201cScientific discoveries contribute to new treatments and better health outcomes.\n\n\u201cThese HHS grants for more than $1.9 million help Virginia Tech use research results to better inform American scientists, doctors and patients.\u201d\n\nBACKGROUND\n\nAs a member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congressman Griffith serves as the Chairman of the Health Subcommittee.\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-07T06:11:19Z", "2026-08-07T06:12:42Z"]], "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://morgangriffith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=405783"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8420888334512711, "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"}