{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-secures-iowa-priorities-in-major-water-resources-package", "Grassley Secures Iowa Priorities in Major Water Resources Package", "2024-12-18", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "IA", "Chuck Grassley", "G000386", "www.grassley.senate.gov", "grassley", "https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today welcomed the Senate\u2019s overwhelmingly bipartisan passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA), a legislative package that reauthorizes key infrastructure projects to improve ports and harbors, inland waterways navigation and flood and storm protection in Iowa and across the country. The bill now heads to the president\u2019s desk to be signed into law.\n\n\u201cIowa is blessed with mighty waterways that help move our world-class goods to market and feed the world. It\u2019s vital that we protect our natural water resources while ensuring sound infrastructure to keep Iowans safe from inclement weather and flooding,\u201d Grassley said. \u201cPassing WRDA is one of the best ways Congress can do this. This authorization will deliver regional and national economic benefits, strengthen Iowa\u2019s global competitiveness and supply chains, and directly benefit local communities.\u201d\n\nGrassley secured the following water resources for Iowa:\n\nUpdates to the Cedar River flood risk management project to protect Cedar Rapids from future flooding.\n\nExpanded protections for levee districts and navigators on the Missouri River to safeguard flood control measures and ease navigation.\n\nAuthorization of an Upper Mississippi River Flood Risk and Resiliency Study to improve community flood protection.\n\nImprovements to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permitting process to ensure project efficiency.\n\nThis year\u2019s WRDA also included the Economic Development Reauthorization Act, which marks the first reauthorization of Economic Development Act (EDA) programs in twenty years. EDA programs in 2024 provided federal funding to several Iowa communities, including:\n\n$175,000 to drive local economic recovery efforts following severe storms in Southern Iowa;\n\n$681,000 to bolster regional manufacturing in Story City;\n\n$1.3 million to support infrastructure improvements and workforce growth in Cedar Rapids.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "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.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-secures-iowa-priorities-in-major-water-resources-package"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.510188078507781, "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"}