{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/video-rep-stansbury-mayor-hart-moriarty-firefighters-break-ground-new-fire", "VIDEO: Rep. Stansbury, Mayor Hart, Moriarty Firefighters Break Ground on New Fire Station", "2022-10-24", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "NM", "Melanie A. Stansbury", "S001218", "stansbury.house.gov", "stansbury", "https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. \u2013 Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) joined Moriarty Mayor Ted Hart, Fire Chief Todd Hart, and State Representatives Matthew McQueen (HD-50) to break ground on the new Moriarty Fire Station. Rep. Stansbury celebrated how the $5.25 million in funding she secured for the Fire Station on her very first day in office will support local first responders and decrease emergency response times for rural communities in the East Mountains.\n\nOn her first day in office, Rep. Stansbury secured over $10 million in funding for Community Projects in New Mexico\u2019s First Congressional District that combat crime and invest in public safety, economic development, education, and youth programs for communities across New Mexico. The $5.25 million secured for the Moriarty Fire Station was included in the larger FY 2022 budget signed into law by President Biden in March.\n\n\u201cOur brave firefighters in Moriarty deserve a top-of-the-line Fire Station as they work hard to serve communities across the East Mountains,\u201d said Rep. Stansbury. \u201cOn Day One in office, I got straight to work to secure this funding and invest in our rural communities, and I am so proud to be breaking ground on Moriarty\u2019s brand-new Fire Station today. I am determined to continue working to secure investments like these for our rural communities in Congress.\u201d\n\n\u201cOur first responders deserve a station that they\u2019re proud to call home, and I am glad I\u2019ve been able to contribute to a new Fire Station for the City of Moriarty,\u201d said State Rep. McQueen. \u201cI am thankful to our Congresswoman for stepping up in a big way to make this happen, and I want to thank our first responders for everything they do each day.\u201d\n\n\u201cI want to thank Congresswoman Stansbury and Representative McQueen for helping us get the funding we need for this facility\u2014a state-of-the-art facility for a rural area that can be utilized throughout the entire county,\u201d said Mayor Hart.\n\n\u201cWe started this project a little more than five years ago,\u201d said Fire Chief Hart. \u201cWith this new facility, our firefighters will have living conditions that are the same as their homes, because let's face it, this is their home away from home. The new facility will offer a decontamination room where carcinogens will stay out of the living areas, and be in the areas that are contained, to keep them safe and reduce the risk of cancer.\u201d\n\nThe groundbreaking is the result of a years-long effort by members of the community to bring the project to fruition. The $5.25 million that Rep. Stansbury secured for the new facility provided the additionally funding to add onto $950,000 in capital outlay funding secured by State Rep. McQueen and state funding that Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham made available to local fire departments in the Fire Protection Fund. The new fire station will incorporate an improved air circulation system and decontamination facilities to protect firefighters from the carcinogens they are exposed to in the line of duty.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:28Z"]], "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/video-rep-stansbury-mayor-hart-moriarty-firefighters-break-ground-new-fire"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8453764021396637, "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"}