{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stanton.house.gov/2026/8/stanton-colleagues-to-fta-and-omb-stop-holding-infrastructure-dollars-hostage", "Stanton, Colleagues to FTA and OMB: Stop Holding Infrastructure Dollars Hostage", "2026-08-12", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "House", "AZ", "Greg Stanton", "S001211", "stanton.house.gov", "stanton", "https://stanton.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Representative Greg Stanton (D-AZ) joined Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and 39 congressional Democrats in demanding that Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Acting Deputy Administrator Matthew Cahill and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought stop delaying the advancement of public transportation projects funded by the Capital Investment Grants (CIG) program.\n\nCurrently, FTA has access to more than $1.9 billion in unobligated and unallocated funds ready to be spent; however, the Trump administration continues to hold up significant projects instead of spending its infrastructure dollars.\n\nWe have watched for months as the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) have stonewalled the progress of worthy transit projects while President Trump and Department of Transportation Secretary Duffy are proclaiming a commitment to a 'golden age of transportation,'\u201d the members wrote.\n\n\u201cThe growing backlog of projects in limbo due to FTA and OMB inaction is unacceptable,\u201d the members continued. \u201cWe are very concerned that delaying the CIG project pipeline, while advancing only the Utah project, is potentially rooted in partisan political considerations, which could further violate statutory requirements.\u201d\n\n\u201cEvery $1 invested in transit generates $5 in long-term economic value. Conversely, failing to deliver on long-promised transit investment carries serious economic consequences,\u201d the members continued.\n\n\u201cShould this egregious trend continue,\u201d the members noted, \u201c11 projects in 10 states\u2026that anticipate signing a CIG grant agreement this year could be subjected to senseless delay.\u201d\n\nThe members concluded by reminding the administrators of the historically bipartisan nature of CIG-funded projects and demanded that their agencies immediately advance the stalled projects\u2014regardless of a state\u2019s 2024 election results.\n\nYou can read the full letter HERE", 1, "2026-08-13T06:17:16Z", "2026-08-13T06:18:13Z"]], "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/2026/8/stanton-colleagues-to-fta-and-omb-stop-holding-infrastructure-dollars-hostage"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9024909231811762, "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"}