{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norton.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/norton-s-southwest-waterfront-bill-culminates-with-grand-opening-of", "Nortons Southwest Waterfront Bill Culminates with Grand Opening of Phase I of the Wharf, Tomorrow", "2017-10-11", "2017", "2017-10", "Democrat", "House", "DC", "Eleanor Norton", "N000147", "norton.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said one of her major economic development initiatives will culminate with the grand opening of Phase I of The Wharf tomorrow, Thursday, October 12, 2017, at 11:00 a.m., at 690 Water Street SW.\u00a0 The developers of the project adopted the name \u201cThe Wharf,\u201d which is what the Southwest Waterfront was called when Norton\u2019s great-grandfather came to Washington in the 1850s as a runaway slave.\nNorton introduced two bills in 2011 that were necessary for the Southwest Waterfront development project to begin.\u00a0 One bill clarified the District of Columbia\u2019s ownership of the Southwest Waterfront and removed use restrictions on the land.\u00a0 The other bill redesignated part of the water designated by the federal government as the Washington Channel, for increased boating and waterside activity.\u00a0 Norton worked with two different committees on a parliamentary maneuver to combine the two bills into one bill, which was signed into law (Public Law 112\u2013143) on July 9, 2012.\n\u201cNone of my infrastructure projects were as complicated or as difficult to get through the House and Senate as the Southwest Waterfront bill, but tomorrow I believe everyone will agree that this new waterfront neighborhood was worth it,\u201d Norton said.\u00a0 \u201cI invite residents to imagine what the total Southwest Waterfront development will mean in amenities, housing and jobs, considering that tomorrow\u2019s opening represents only Phase I.\u201d\n###", 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://norton.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/norton-s-southwest-waterfront-bill-culminates-with-grand-opening-of"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9247912093997002, "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"}