{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.donnelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press/donnellys-bipartisan-work-to-support-crane-leads-to-hundreds-more-new-jobs", "Donnelly\u2019s Bipartisan Work to Support Crane Leads to Hundreds More New Jobs", "2018-10-30", "2018", "2018-10", "Democrat", "House", "IN", "Joe Donnelly", "D000607", "www.donnelly.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Donnelly's Bipartisan Work to Support Crane Leads to Hundreds More New Jobs\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tSenator has advocated for Crane on the Senate Armed Services Committee and has brought numerous high-ranking leaders to see Crane and its workforce firsthand\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTuesday, October 30, 2018\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tIndianapolis, Ind.  This afternoon, Radius Indiana and Naval Support Activity Crane announced that Crane plans to add more than 400 new jobs in 2019, building on its current workforce of 6,000. As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly has led bipartisan efforts to increase Crane's role in our national defense, and has raised the profile of the installation by bringing numerous high-ranking military leaders to Crane  including the first ever visit by a sitting Secretary of Defense in 2016.\r\nSince Donnelly joined the Senate in 2013, Crane has added more than 400 jobs, in addition to those announced today. Earlier this year, Donnelly helped bring $24 million to Cranefor facilities improvements, including the constructionof a needed shipping and receiving depot. Donnelly also secured significant funding in this year's national defense bill supporting Crane's hypersonics and systems engineering programs.\r\nDonnelly, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said, The men and women at Crane  both at the Naval Surface Warfare Center and at the Army Ammunition Activity  are doing work that is critically important to our national defense, as well as the safety and security of our servicemembers. As then-Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said on his visit to Crane in 2016, Crane is a national treasure.' I'm proud to have advocated for its mission the last several years and am looking forward to its continued growth.\r\nOver the past several years, Donnelly has brought top leaders to Crane to show them the cutting-edge research and technology development done there by Hoosiers, as well as to discuss the importance of Crane to the surrounding community and its significant economic impact. Those leaders have included:\r\n\r\nDonnelly has been a champion for Crane and led efforts to grow the Navy and Air Force's presence at the installation. In recent years, Crane's mission and workforce have grown significantly. In 2017,Donnelly successfully advocated to save 90 jobs at Crane ArmyAmmunition that were threatened by a federal hiring freeze.\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/donnellys-bipartisan-work-to-support-crane-leads-to-hundreds-more-new-jobs"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3767573982477188, "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"}