{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hirono.senate.gov/news/fast-act-allots-13b-to-state", "FAST Act allots $1.3B to state", "2015-12-13", "2015", "2015-12", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Mazie Hirono", "H001042", "www.hirono.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "FAST Act allots $1.3B to state\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n                \r\n            \r\n            \r\n            \r\n                \r\n                    By:\r\n                    Jessica Else\r\n                \r\n            \r\n            \r\n                \r\n                \r\n                \r\n            Sunday, December 13, 2015\r\n            \n\t\n\r\n            \r\n            President Obama signed the Fixing Americas Surface Transportation Act earlier this month, securing $1.3 billion in federal help for Hawaiis transportation over the next five years.\r\nAccording to a press release from Sen. Mazie Hironos office, $261 million will go toward public transit and almost $1.1 billion will be put toward improving infrastructure.\r\nThe FAST Act is long overdue and will provide stability for transportation agencies as we continue to search for solutions to modernize and maintain our critical infrastructure needs, Hirono said in the release. While not perfect, this bill supports bus and public transit programs that many Hawaii commuters and visitors rely on every day.\r\nRead the entire pieve at:http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/fast-act-allots-b-to-state/article_95976376-faad-56eb-95f6-99335af96727.html", 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.hirono.senate.gov/news/fast-act-allots-13b-to-state"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8389581926167011, "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"}