{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://sablan.house.gov/troop-store-officially-opens", "Troop Store officially opens", "2017-10-23", "2017", "2017-10", "Democrat", "House", "MP", "Gregorio Sablan", "S001177", "sablan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "After eight years of work, the expanded Army and Air Force Exchange Services Troop Store \u2013 serving over 4,000 Marianas veterans, active duty and Reserve service members, and their families \u2013 officially opens on October 26. The U.S. Army 9th Mission Support Command will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the $2.8 million, 5,000-square-foot facility, which features more shelf space, more merchandise, a snack station, and other amenities for our service community.\nImproving the Troop Store has been my goal since my first term in Congress. To make it possible, I included a feasibility study in the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act; and construction completion was expected in 2013. But the need to clear the site of unexploded ordnance caused years of delay.\nThe expanded store, which had a soft opening in August, is in addition to the $7 million Reserve Center revitalization that retrofitted structures with weather-resistant materials and tripled the current training area by adding 3,000 square feet of administration offices, classrooms and maintenance space. Additionally, solar panels, a solar water heater, and energy-efficient lighting at the Center support the Army\u2019s energy net zero initiative.\nThanks to all who made these projects a success.", 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://sablan.house.gov/troop-store-officially-opens"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.003082375973463, "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"}