{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/nm-congressional-democrats-welcome-over-25-million-federal-investments-nm", "N.M. Congressional Democrats Welcome Over $2.5 Million In Federal Investments For N.M. Airports, Major Funding For Emissions Reductions Heading To ABQ Sunport", "2022-09-01", "2022", "2022-09", "Democrat", "House", "NM", "Melanie A. Stansbury", "S001218", "stansbury.house.gov", "stansbury", "https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) and Teresa Leger Fern\u00e1ndez (N.M.-03) are welcoming $2,568,244 in federal funding from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to three New Mexico airports.\n\n\u201cAirports are pillars of opportunity \u2013 and that\u2019s exactly what this federal funding is going to bring. Opportunities to improve the air quality around the Albuquerque Sunport with zero-emissions technologies. Opportunities to renovate aging infrastructure at the Espa\u00f1ola Municipal Airport. And opportunities to use historic funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to revitalize 30,000 square yards of pavement at the Santa Fe Municipal Airport. I\u2019m proud to welcome this federal funding and will continue fighting for investments that build up and strengthen every opportunity available for New Mexico airports and the communities they support,\u201dsaid Heinrich, a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations.\n\n\u201cNew Mexico\u2019s local airports are essential in supporting our state\u2019s economy and connecting our communities,\u201dsaid Luj\u00e1n. \u201cI\u2019m glad this grant from the Department of Transportation will modernize our runways and reduce emissions \u2014 ensuring safer and energy efficient travel for those coming in and out of New Mexico.\u201d\n\n\u201cOur airports are crucial to our economic development, bringing billions of dollars to New Mexico and providing tens of thousands of good-paying jobs for communities across our state,\u201dsaid Stansbury. \u201cI\u2019m proud that over $2.5 million in federal funding is coming to our airports \u2013 including the Albuquerque International Sunport \u2013 to cut emissions and build a clean and efficient airport for every traveler.\u201d\n\n\"I am so pleased to see this grant funding go towards connecting our Northern New Mexico communities with improvements to airports in Santa Fe and Ohkay Owingeh,\"said Leger Fern\u00e1ndez. \"Our people deserve high-quality infrastructure, and I am grateful to see this funding go toward our pueblos and municipal airports. I will work to lift our economy and connect our gente.\"\n\nFederal funding announced by the FAA:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"]], "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://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/nm-congressional-democrats-welcome-over-25-million-federal-investments-nm"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.144798006862402, "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"}