{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-carter-announces-grant-president-bidens-infrastructure-law-help", "Congressman Carter Announces Grant from President Biden\u2019s Infrastructure Law to Help Put Better, Cleaner Buses on the Roads in Louisiana", "2023-06-27", "2023", "2023-06", "Democrat", "House", "LA", "Troy A. Carter", "C001125", "troycarter.house.gov", "troycarter", "https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "NEW ORLEANS, L.A. \u2013 Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-La.) announced the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority has received a $71,439,261 grant to put new American-built buses on the road and improve transit service. The grants, administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Transit Administration, were made possible by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which Rep. Carter helped get passed in Congress.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m excited to announce this grant which will put cleaner, American-made buses on the road in New Orleans,\u201d said Rep. Carter. \u201cThe funding means more electric buses and fewer carbon emissions, nicer facilities and better service, and support for good-paying jobs to build, drive, and maintain the new fleet. Let\u2019s get moving, New Orleans!\u201d\n\nThe funding also includes support for workforce training, registered apprenticeships, and project labor agreements, ensuring good-paying jobs into the future.\n\n\u201cEvery day, over 60,000 buses in communities of all sizes take millions of Americans to work, school, and everywhere else they need to go,\u201d said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. \u201cToday\u2019s announcement means more clean buses, less pollution, more jobs in manufacturing and maintenance, and better commutes for families across the country.\u201d\n\n\"The New Orleans RTA continues to embrace green infrastructure as we work to modernize our fleet. We know that the adoption of low- and zero-emission vehicles are an essential part of these efforts,\u201d said Lona Edwards Hankins, RTA CEO. \u201cBut this isn't just about creating more environmentally friendly fleets and facilities; it's also about modernizing out workforce so that we can attract, train and retrain the best employees in this field and in the process strengthen our position as a regional economic force. I want to thank our congressional delegation for their partnership in these investments.\"\n\nBackground\n\nThe projects announced today are supported by FTA\u2019s Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities and Low- and No-Emission (Low-No) Vehicle programs. They make funding available to help transit agencies buy or lease American-built low- or zero-emission vehicles, including buses and vans; make facility and station upgrades to accommodate low- or zero-emission vehicles; and purchase supporting equipment like chargers for battery electric vehicles. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides $5.5 billion through Fiscal Year 2026 for the Low-No Program \u2013 more than six times greater than the previous five years of funding combined.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:08:25Z"]], "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://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-carter-announces-grant-president-bidens-infrastructure-law-help"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.611401792615652, "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"}