{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.husted.senate.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-cincinnati-business-courier-highlights-husteds-efforts-to-secure-funding-for-fort-washington-way-project/", "ICYMI: Cincinnati Business Courier highlights Husted\u2019s efforts to secure funding for Fort Washington Way Project", "2026-07-10", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "OH", "Jon Husted", "H001104", "www.husted.senate.gov", "husted", "https://www.husted.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "\u201cThe $25 million applied for was the maximum the region could get under the program, with leaders crediting U.S. Sen. Jon Husted for pushing the project.\u201d\n\nCOLUMBUS \u2013 An article from the Cincinnati Business Courier highlights Sen. Jon Husted\u2019s (R-Ohio) efforts to secure $25 million in federal funding for the Fort Washington Way Project, a transformational infrastructure investment that will help reconnect downtown Cincinnati, create new public space and support future economic growth.\n\nAs a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Senate Appropriations Committee, Husted advocated for the project and helped secure the federal investment through the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant program.\n\nKey excerpts from the article include:\n\n\u201cThe region\u2019s leaders applied twice before for federal money to build caps on top of Fort Washington Way, a project decades in the making, but failed each time.\u201d\n\n. . .\n\n\u201cCincinnati scored big on its third application for construction money, this time for a federal BUILD grant, which was formally applied for by Hamilton County. The $25 million applied for was the maximum the region could get under the program, with leaders crediting U.S. Sen. Jon Husted for pushing the project.\u201d\n\n. . .\n\n\u201cHusted, who was appointed by Gov. Mike DeWine to replace Vice President JD Vance in the Senate in January 2025, cited his service on the Environment and Public Works Committee, as well as discussions he had with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.\u201d\n\n. . .\n\n\u201cHusted said he sent a letter to Duffy with about 30 projects across Ohio that needed funding, then was invited to a meeting with other lawmakers. The transportation department has thousands of requests for projects, Husted recalls Duffy telling them, so cut down your lists to those with the most impact.\u201d\n\n. . .\n\n\u201cChamber CEO Brendon Cull cited Husted\u2019s \u2018dogged engagement\u2019 with the Department of Transportation.\n\n\u201c\u2018That\u2019s exactly how he\u2019s gotten things done for Ohio,\u2019 Cull said. \u2018He made it clear he was on it. Senator, you delivered for this region, and we are so very grateful.\u2019\u201d", 1, "2026-07-11T07:10:48Z", "2026-07-11T07:14:29Z"]], "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.husted.senate.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-cincinnati-business-courier-highlights-husteds-efforts-to-secure-funding-for-fort-washington-way-project/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.552242785692215, "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"}