{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/warner-and-kaine-announce-nearly-57-million-in-federal-funding-for-virginia-airports", "Warner & Kaine Announce Nearly $57 Million in Federal Funding for Virginia Airports", "2024-10-22", "2024", "2024-10", "Democrat", "Senate", "VA", "Tim Kaine", "K000384", "www.kaine.senate.gov", "kaine", "https://www.kaine.senate.gov/news", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $56,966,366 in federal funding for improvements to airports across Virginia. This funding was awarded through the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s Airport Terminals Program, which was made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, which both senators helped pass.\n\n\u201cVirginia\u2019s airports help Virginians and visitors get where they need to go and serve as critical economic development hubs,\u201d said the senators. \u201cWe\u2019re glad this funding, which was made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will make important upgrades to help airports across Virginia operate smoothly. We will keep working to bolster Virginia\u2019s infrastructure and grow our economy.\u201d\n\nThe funding is broken down as follows:\n\n$40,000,000 for Washington Dulles International Airport to supportthe construction of the new 14-gate, 400,000-square-foot terminal building, including direct connections to the Aerotrain and indirect connection to the Metrorail.\n\n$14,716,366 for Norfolk International Airport to support the realignment of the airport exclusive use access roadway to improve traffic flow into and out of the main terminal area.\n\n$2,250,000 for Richmond International Airport to design a proposed consolidated Passenger Screening Checkpoint to make passenger flow more efficient and reduce congestion.\n\nWarner and Kaine have long supported efforts to improve Virginia\u2019s airports. Warner and Kaine have secured millions in federal funding for airports across Virginia through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law they voted to pass. In September, they announced more than $46 million in federal funding for improvements to Virginia airports through the Airport Improvement Program. The senators have previously announced $104.6 million in combined federal funding for the new terminal building at Dulles.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"]], "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.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/warner-and-kaine-announce-nearly-57-million-in-federal-funding-for-virginia-airports"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.485500019043684, "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"}