{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.budd.senate.gov/2025/12/05/senator-ted-budd-applauds-fema-announcement-of-29-million-in-public-assistance-grants-for-helene-recovery/", "Senator Ted Budd Applauds FEMA Announcement of $29 Million in Public Assistance Grants for Helene Recovery", "2025-12-05", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "Senate", "NC", "Ted Budd", "B001305", "www.budd.senate.gov", "budd", "https://www.budd.senate.gov/category/news/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Senator Budd Lifts Existing Holds on DHS Nominees After Funds Approved\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) released the following statement after Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem today announced more than $29 million in public assistance reimbursements for Hurricane Helene recovery projects in Western North Carolina.\n\n\u201cI am grateful for Secretary Noem working with me to more regularly approve reimbursements for Helene and past disaster recovery projects. While I have released my holds on DHS nominees, I will continue to engage all relevant federal agencies to make sure Western North Carolina receives the focus and attention it deserves, particularly the final distribution of funds to the municipalities and state agencies in desperate need of financial relief. There is still more work to be done to make the people of Western North Carolina whole in the wake of Hurricane Helene\u2019s devastation, and the federal government must continue to do its part,\u201d said Senator Budd.\n\nToday\u2019s announcement of the $29+ million in public assistance reimbursements follows an announcement last month when the agency released $155 million in funding for Western North Carolina projects.\n\nBACKGROUND\n\nBelow is a chart detailing the funds that will be disbursed in the coming days.\n\n*PA denotes public assistance program\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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://www.budd.senate.gov/2025/12/05/senator-ted-budd-applauds-fema-announcement-of-29-million-in-public-assistance-grants-for-helene-recovery/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8578868582844734, "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"}