{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://morgangriffith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=405814", "Griffith Announces $310,799 FEMA Grant for Buchanan County Disaster Relief", "2026-09-14", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "House", "VA", "H. Morgan Griffith", "G000568", "morgangriffith.house.gov", "morgangriffith", "https://morgangriffith.house.gov/news/", "scraper", "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a disaster related grant to the Commonwealth of Virginia. The funding breakdown of the grant is as follows:\n\n$310,799 to support repairments in Buchanan County for embankments, culverts, gabion stone and rip rap\n\nIn response to this grant notice, U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement:\n\n\u201cFollowing the winter storms of 2025, I assessed the severe damages to our region and facilitated federal approval of Governor Youngkin\u2019s Major Disaster Declaration.\n\n\u201cThis FEMA grant for more than $310,000 helps Buchanan County make repairs to local infrastructure.\u201d\n\nBACKGROUND\n\nFEMA funds are obligated to the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Commonwealth will be responsible for providing the funds to the sub-recipients.\n\nThese grants are related to Virginia\u2019s Major Disaster Declaration that President Trump approved in April 2025. The amended map of localities covered by the Declaration can be found here.\n\nCongressman Griffith worked with U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner to secure President Trump\u2019s approval of Governor Youngkin\u2019s Major Disaster Declaration.\n\nIn June 2026, Congressman Griffith announced $1.6 million in disaster relief for Buchanan and Dickenson Counties.\n\nIn August 2026, Congressman Griffith announced nearly $400,000 in disaster relief for Buchanan County.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-15T09:50:21Z", "2026-09-15T09:52:05Z"]], "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://morgangriffith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=405814"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.829795841127634, "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"}