{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://plaskett.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4357", "PLASKETT ANNOUNCES $3.9 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR MARINE ENFORCEMENT VESSELS FOR THE VIRGIN ISLANDS", "2023-09-12", "2023", "2023-09", "Democrat", "House", "VI", "Stacey E. Plaskett", "P000610", "plaskett.house.gov", "plaskett", "https://plaskett.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "For Immediate Release Contact: Tionee Scotland\n\nSeptember 12th, 2023 340-201-6453\n\nPress Release\n\nPLASKETT ANNOUNCES $3.9 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR MARINE ENFORCEMENT VESSELS FOR THE VIRGIN ISLANDS\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2013 Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett released the following statement announcing a $3.9 million grant to the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) for the purchase of marine enforcement vessels:\n\n\u201cI am tremendously pleased to announce that the VIPD has received a grant from the Department of Justice in the amount of $3,984,000 to purchase three marine enforcement vessels. The vessels will assist with the interdiction of drug-trafficking related criminal activity through the Virgin Islands as well as safety patrols through local waters, which have seen a significant uptick in recreational vessel traffic in recent years.\n\n\u201cThis grant is one of numerous Fiscal Year 2023 Community Project Funding requests that I and my team successfully included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. Marine-capable law enforcement is imperative to ensure the safety and protection of life and property of inhabitants and visitors of the United States Virgin Islands. I am proud of the work being done and look forward to VIPD\u2019s continued marine patrols and improved intelligence gathering.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:37:48Z"]], "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://plaskett.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4357"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.888788141310215, "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"}