{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stanton.house.gov/2021/6/stanton-continues-push-for-significant-water-infrastructure-investment", "Stanton Continues Push for Significant Water Infrastructure Investment", "2021-06-24", "2021", "2021-06", "Democrat", "House", "AZ", "Greg Stanton", "S001211", "stanton.house.gov", "stanton", "https://stanton.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Says Infrastructure Package Must Prioritize Water Projects\n\nRep. Greg Stanton continued to advocate for significant federal investment in water infrastructure this week as he led a bipartisan group of House members to push for supplemental funding for a key water resource initiative.\n\nIn a letter to House leaders, Stanton and his colleagues asked that any final infrastructure package include supplemental funding for the Civil Works Program run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is the largest and oldest manager of water resources in the nation. The program\u2019s mission is to protect communities from natural disasters and support local economies\u2014it does this by investing in infrastructure projects that prevent flooding, restore water ecosystems, preserve watersheds and more.\n\nSupplemental funding for the program would support the backlog of Congressionally authorized projects, which is already at an estimated $108 billion and growing.\n\nLeading the bipartisan letter is Stanton\u2019s latest action to ensure Congress will meet the urgent challenges Arizona and the Southwest face to deliver water to communities, protect neighborhoods from floods and extreme storms, improve water storage capacity to plan for the long-term effects of drought, conserve current water supplies and more.\n\n\u201cSafeguarding Arizona\u2019s water supply is more important than ever,\u201d said Stanton. \u201cEvery Arizonan should be concerned about how the changing climate and prolonged drought has put a stranglehold on our water supplies. I\u2019m working to make sure that Congress responds to the seriousness of the situation by making significant water infrastructure investments to protect our communities from these ongoing threats.\u201d\n\nStanton echoed the request for support during a Water Resources and the Environment Subcommittee hearing today. He noted the Biden administration\u2019s budget proposal directs less than $5 million in Corps funds for the entire state of Arizona\u2014all of it directed to operation and maintenance\u2014leaving out funds for critical Arizona projects. Corps Commanding General Scott Spellmon and Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jaime Pinkham committed to working with Stanton to address this glaring funding shortfall and help advance Arizona\u2019s projects.\n\nStanton\u2019s recent work to push for water infrastructure investment:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:57:00Z"]], "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://stanton.house.gov/2021/6/stanton-continues-push-for-significant-water-infrastructure-investment"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8403141982853413, "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"}