{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.donnelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press/donnelly-young-urge-amazon-to-consider-indiana-for-second-headquarters", "Donnelly, Young Urge Amazon to Consider Indiana for Second Headquarters, Join Surge of Hoosier Economic Growth", "2017-10-31", "2017", "2017-10", "Democrat", "House", "IN", "Joe Donnelly", "D000607", "www.donnelly.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Donnelly, Young Urge Amazon to Consider Indiana for Second Headquarters, Join Surge of Hoosier Economic Growth\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tSenators laud the state\u2019s talented workforce and economic climate in letter to the company\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTuesday, October 31, 2017\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWashington, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senators Joe Donnelly and Todd Young today urged Amazon to strongly consider Indiana for its future expansion plans in a letter to the company. The Senators highlighted the state\u2019s talented workforce, friendly economic climate, and transportation infrastructure in their letter.\r\nDonnelly and Young said, in part, in their letter, \u201cWe write to express our strong support for Indiana to be selected as the location for Amazon\u2019s new second company headquarters (HQ2). Our state provides a unique combination of a robust and talented workforce, an effective transportation infrastructure network, competitive cost-of-living, and a friendly business environment that has allowed Indiana to be the preferred location for a growing number of domestic and foreign businesses. We urge you to join this surge of Hoosier economic growth.\u201d\r\nTo read the full letter, see below or click here.\r\nDear Mr. Bezos:\r\nWe write to express our strong support for Indiana to be selected as the location for Amazon\u2019s new second company headquarters (HQ2). Our state provides a unique combination of a robust and talented workforce, an effective transportation infrastructure network, competitive cost-of-living, and a friendly business environment that has allowed Indiana to be the preferred location for a growing number of domestic and foreign businesses. We urge you to join this surge of Hoosier economic growth.\r\nBusinesses and workers from all over the world are attracted to our world-class universities, strong manufacturing sector, growing technology industry, and significant logistics assets. Indiana continues to be recognized as one of the best states in the country to do business, and Hoosiers understand what it takes to make a business successful in the 21st century.\r\nIndiana would provide Amazon with a critical location to help coordinate Amazon\u2019s continuously expanding operations and an effective transportation infrastructure network to support the logistics of moving goods across the country and around the world. Additionally, Indiana is already home to several Amazon facilities and thousands of incredibly capable Amazon employees, highlighting the confidence Amazon has in the people of Indiana and their ability to assist in managing its future growth.\r\nThank you for your consideration to make Indiana home to Amazon HQ2. We look forward to your company\u2019s continued success in our state.\r\nSincerely,\r\nJoe Donnelly\r\nU.S. Senator\r\nTodd Young\r\nU.S. Senator\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.donnelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press/donnelly-young-urge-amazon-to-consider-indiana-for-second-headquarters"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6406511422246695, "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"}