{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://trentkelly.house.gov/newsroom/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5147", "Wicker, Hyde-Smith, & Kelly Announce $24.3 Million Project to Renovate Aberdeen Courthouse\n\nDecember 9, 2020 | Posted in Press Releases\n\n\n\nWASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and Representative Trent Kelly, R-Miss., today announced that Congress has approved a $24.3 million plan by the General Services Administration (GSA) to renovate the Thomas G. Abernethy Courthouse in Aberdeen, Miss. The building was deemed uninhabitable in 2017 because of mold and moisture\u2026 Read more \u00bb", "2020-12-09", "2020", "2020-12", "Republican", "House", "MS", "Trent Kelly", "K000388", "trentkelly.house.gov", "trentkelly", "https://trentkelly.house.gov/newsroom/documentquery.aspx", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and Representative Trent Kelly, R-Miss., today announced that Congress has approved a $24.3 million plan by the General Services Administration (GSA) to renovate the Thomas G. Abernethy Courthouse in Aberdeen, Miss. The building was deemed uninhabitable in 2017 because of mold and moisture infiltration.\n\n\u201cThis is an outstanding outcome for the federal courthouse in Aberdeen,\u201d Wicker said. \u201cThis long overdue project will allow the GSA to complete decades of deferred maintenance, ensuring the health and safety of the public and federal workers for years to come. I am glad to have partnered with members of the Mississippi congressional delegation, Judge Sharion Aycock, and community leaders to get this project the attention it deserved.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe repair to the Aberdeen courthouse means it can become a fully functional federal facility to serve North Mississippi, particularly for the federal judiciary system. I\u2019m pleased with the GSA plan to reprogram existing dollars to undertake this extensive project,\u201d said Hyde-Smith, who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee. \u201cI credit Chief Judge Sharion Aycock and her team for their determination to get this project done and resume public services from the courthouse.\u201d\n\n\"This project will ensure a safer environment for our community and hardworking court officials,\u201d Kelly said.\n\nThe GSA, which maintains the building, will support the project using excess funds from other repair and construction projects. Congressional committees with authorization and appropriations jurisdiction over the GSA approved the agency\u2019s plan to reprogram existing funding to repair the facility. A GSA project prospectus indicates a design and construction schedule beginning in 2021 with work completed in 2024.\n\nThe project will include:\n\n\u2022 HVAC replacement;\n\n\u2022 Building envelope repair;\n\n\u2022 Electrical, fire protection, and life safety upgrades;\n\n\u2022 Associated demolition; and,\n\n\u2022 Hazardous materials (mold, lead-based paint) abatement.\n\nThe Thomas G. Abernethy Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse is a 64,000-square-foot, three-story building built in 1973 in downtown Aberdeen, Miss. Before being abandoned in February 2018, the building housed the U.S. District Court, the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services System, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office, the U.S. Marshal Service, and the GSA.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-07T14:16:54Z", "2026-04-07T14:20:23Z"]], "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://trentkelly.house.gov/newsroom/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5147"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.748372869566083, "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"}