{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stanton.house.gov/2023/12/stanton-announces-first-federal-funds-to-restart-daily-passenger-rail-between-phoenix-and-tucson", "Stanton Announces First Federal Funds to Restart Daily Passenger Rail Between Phoenix and Tucson", "2023-12-05", "2023", "2023-12", "Democrat", "House", "AZ", "Greg Stanton", "S001211", "stanton.house.gov", "stanton", "https://stanton.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Today Rep. Greg Stanton announced the Arizona Department of Transportation would receive a $500,000 Federal Railroad Administration Corridor Identification and Development grant\u2014the first step in reestablishing Amtrak service between Phoenix and Tucson.\n\nThe grant funding, which comes under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will be used to develop a scope, schedule, and cost estimate for the service. ADOT has provided an additional $3.5 million in state funds for the planning effort.\n\nIn June, Stantonspoke in support of the ADOT\u2019s grant application at a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing, saying, \u201creturning passenger service to Phoenix would provide \u201copportunity to connect our communities, make them more accessible and productive, and more internationally competitive. Opportunity to boost our regional economies with better access to jobs and more private investment along the route. Opportunity to ease congestion along Interstate 10 and help reduce air pollution.\u201d\n\nDuring the hearing, Amtrak\u2019s Chief Executive Officer Stephen Gardner noted the \u201cvery strong local, bipartisan support for bringing service back\u201d to Phoenix, and said it is \u201cfrankly an embarrassment that we don\u2019t serve such a major, prominent city.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "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/2023/12/stanton-announces-first-federal-funds-to-restart-daily-passenger-rail-between-phoenix-and-tucson"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6992827877402306, "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"}