{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.heinrich.senate.gov/press-releases/heinrich-to-make-announcement-at-kafb-about-key-advancements-in-annual-defense-authorization", "Heinrich To Make Announcement At KAFB About Key Advancements In Annual Defense Authorization", "2016-12-17", "2016", "2016-12", "Democrat", "House", "NM", "Martin Heinrich", "H001046", "www.heinrich.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Heinrich To Make Announcement At KAFB About Key Advancements In Annual Defense Authorization\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tSaturday, December 17, 2016\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -\u00a0U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M),\u00a0a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee,\u00a0will be at\u00a0Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB) in Albuquerque on Tuesday, December 20, at 1:30 p.m.\u00a0to announce key advancements secured in the\u00a0National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to benefit New Mexico's men and women in uniform, military installations, national laboratories, and job creation throughout the state.\u00a0Senator Heinrich helped author the legislation, which\u00a0sets spending levels and policies for fiscal year 2017,\u00a0and served on the conference committee that negotiated the final bill\r\nSenator Heinrich will announce critical funding\u00a0and new authorities\u00a0he secured\u00a0for Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)\u00a0to support KAFB now and into the future. He will be joined by Dr. Kelly Hammett, Director of AFRL Directed Energy; Ronda Cole, Director of La Luz Academy; and Dr. Chaouki Abdallah, University of New Mexico\u00a0Provost. The press conference will be preceded by a tour of STARBASE at AFRL's La Luz Academy, which allows fifth grade students to participate in hands-on curriculum to solve scientific challenges related to aerospace.\r\n***Members of the press interested in attending must RSVP by calling\u00a0Kirtland Air Force Base at\u00a0505-846-5991\u00a0in advance to obtain access to the base.***\r\nAlbuquerque - Tuesday, December 20, 2016\r\nWHAT:\u00a0 Tour and Photo Opportunity\u00a0at\u00a0STARBASE at AFRL's La Luz Academy\r\nWHEN:\u00a0 1:30 p.m.\u00a0\r\nWHERE:\u00a01401 Maxwell St SE, Albuquerque, N.M. 87116\u00a0\r\n\r\nWHAT:\u00a0 Press Conference\r\nWHEN:\u00a0 2:15 p.m.\u00a0\r\nWHERE:\u00a01401 Maxwell St SE, Albuquerque, N.M. 87116", 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.heinrich.senate.gov/press-releases/heinrich-to-make-announcement-at-kafb-about-key-advancements-in-annual-defense-authorization"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 4.251523874700069, "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"}