{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cochran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ContentRecord_id=4B087FB4-1EE4-4A3A-8DEC-4CD2DF21FCF6", "COCHRAN, WICKER, KELLY: $2.0M USDA LOAN TO AID WINSTON CO. MEDICAL CENTER", "2016-10-04", "2016", "2016-10", "Republican", "House", "MS", "Thad Cochran", "C000567", "www.cochran.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and U.S. Representative Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) today announced that reconstruction of a new Winston County Medical Center in Louisville will benefit from the approval of a $2.0 million, zero-interest federal loan. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved the $2.0 million Rural Economic Development Loan Program application from the Meridian-based East Mississippi Electric Power Association.\u00a0 The 10-year loan will be used to support ongoing rebuilding of the Winston County medical complex, which was destroyed in a devastating tornado on April 28, 2014.\u201cThis loan marks another important step forward in the rebuilding of the Winston County Medical Center.\u00a0 I am hopeful that this financing will help in restoring permanent medical facilities for people in the Louisville and Winston County area,\u201d Cochran said.\u201cRebuilding this medical center will benefit the people of Winston County \u2013 not only by providing health-care services but also by bringing in new jobs for the community,\u201d Wicker said.\u00a0 \u201cWe continue to push ahead toward the full restoration of what was lost during the devastating tornadoes in 2014.\u00a0 This is a major advancement in this effort.\u201d\u201cI\u2019m proud to see the progress that has been made since the 2014 tornado in Winston County.\u00a0 It\u2019s important that effort continues with the rebuilding of the Winston County Hospital and the infrastructure needed to offer much-needed medical services to constituents,\u201d Kelly said.The USDA loan is part of an overall effort to finance the recovery projects.\u00a0 In December, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved a $1.78 million cost-share grant to support the ongoing rebuilding effort.\u00a0 FEMA is expected to provide an estimated $10.8 million, 75 percent of eligible costs not covered by the county\u2019s insurance policies.The rebuilt medical center is expected to retain its 226 employees and create an additional 15 jobs in Louisville.\u00a0 The medical center complex is expected to be fully operational in spring 2017. \r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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.cochran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ContentRecord_id=4B087FB4-1EE4-4A3A-8DEC-4CD2DF21FCF6"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1441238932311535, "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"}