{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=74F6C4BC-1D10-4901-8603-15C0AA34FB2F", "Klobuchar, Smith Working to Secure Funding for Projects for Pine County in Year End Budget", "2024-10-23", "2024", "2024-10", "Democrat", "Senate", "MN", "Amy Klobuchar", "K000367", "www.klobuchar.senate.gov", "klobuchar", "https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases", "scraper", "The Senate and House Appropriations Committees Advanced Funding Bills with Resources for Minnesota Projects Secured and Backed by Klobuchar, Smith\n\nWASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced that the Fiscal Year 2025 federal budget bills that passed the Senate and House Appropriations Committees include projects to benefit Pine County. These projects would invest in public water infrastructure and workforce housing. On September 26, the Senate and House agreed to avoid a shutdown and continue to negotiate on a final budget proposal. Klobuchar and Smith will fight to ensure these projects are included in that final year-end bill.\n\n\u201cFrom upgrading critical water infrastructure in Pine City to investing in workforce housing in Sandstone, we worked with local leaders to secure resources important to Pine County,\u201d said Klobuchar. \u201cOnce completed, these projects will improve quality of life for Minnesotans.\u201d\n\n\u201cThose closest to an issue have the best solutions, and these projects were developed and designed to fit the specific needs of Pine County,\u201d said Smith. \u201cFrom updating Pine City\u2019s wastewater treatment system to redeveloping the Historic Sandstone School into affordable workforce housing, these projects will help strengthen our communities and I look forward to working with Senator Klobuchar to get them passed and signed into law.\u201d\n\nKlobuchar and Smith have successfully secured the following projects in the Appropriations Committee-approved bill:\n\n$750,000 for Pine City\u2019s Wastewater Treatment Pond System Upgrade Project. Klobuchar and Smith requested the funding along with U.S. Representative Pete Stauber (R-MN).\n\n$850,000 for the Sandstone School Workforce Housing Project to develop 31 units of workforce housing.\n\nKlobuchar and Smith have been actively involved in securing this federal funding for projects benefiting communities across the state through a process called \u201cCongressionally Directed Spending\u201d (CDS). During the CDS process, Klobuchar and Smith have considered project proposals and advocated for funding in close coordination with leaders from across the state.\n\nThe projects are expected to pass the Senate over the next several months.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:55:29Z"]], "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.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=74F6C4BC-1D10-4901-8603-15C0AA34FB2F"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5391921624541283, "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"}