{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-announces-104-million-grant-wmata-bus-system", "Norton Announces a $104 Million Grant for WMATA Bus System", "2023-06-26", "2023", "2023-06", "Democrat", "House", "DC", "Eleanor Holmes Norton", "N000147", "norton.house.gov", "norton", "https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013\u2013 Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) will receive a $104 million grant from the Federal Transit Authority for low- and no- emission buses and facilities after she wrote a letter supporting WMATA\u2019s grant application. The grant was funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a law that Norton heavily shaped through her work as then-Chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Norton currently serves as Ranking Member.\n\n\"I'm pleased with today's announcement that WMATA will receive a $104 million grant for low- and no-emission buses and bus facilities after I wrote a letter supporting its grant application,\" Norton said. \"The funding will be used to procure battery-electric buses, furthering WMATA\u2019s transition to a 100% zero-emission bus fleet by 2045, improving air quality, providing sustainable transportation, and addressing climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the nation's capital.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:08:25Z"]], "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/press-releases/norton-announces-104-million-grant-wmata-bus-system"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0171658359467983, "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"}