{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news?ID=87E49070-2C39-46B2-8BB0-CA4780699E66", "DoT Announces $4.5 Million Grant for Nebraska-Kansas-Colorado Railway Project", "2020-09-18", "2020", "2020-09", "Republican", "House", "NE", "Deb Fischer", "F000463", "www.fischer.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "LINCOLN, NEB. U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee and chairman of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety, released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) announced a $4.5 million grant for improvements to the Nebraska,Kansas, andColorado Railway (NKCR)in western Nebraska and eastern Colorado:\r\nToday's grant will improve an important freight rail line between Nebraska and Colorado, which is welcome news for our state's communities, ag producers, and businesses. I thank Transportation Secretary Chao for this significant grant benefitting the Heartland.\r\nMore information from DoT:\r\nFunding for the grant comes from the FY 20 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Grant Program. The project, which includes a private sector funding match, will install approximately 42,595 ties, 15,990 tons of ballast, and resurface 562,848 track feet on the NKCR in western Nebraska and eastern Colorado.", 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.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news?ID=87E49070-2C39-46B2-8BB0-CA4780699E66"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7941322401165962, "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"}