{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=57D928E3-4777-4BBF-888C-37880ACE0821", "Graham Secures Nearly $50 Million for South Carolina Projects in First FY26 Government Funding Bill", "2025-11-14", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "Senate", "SC", "Lindsey Graham", "G000359", "www.lgraham.senate.gov", "graham", "https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Following the passage of legislation to reopen the federal government, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today announced that multiple projects across South Carolina will receive funding as a part of the first Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 government funding package.\n\nGraham made these funding requests to the Senate Appropriations Committee, of which he is a member.\n\n\u201cI believe it is important that elected officials have a say in how taxpayer money is spent on infrastructure and not rely on bureaucrats in Washington to protect South Carolina\u2019s interests,\u201d said Graham. \u201cI am pleased to have secured necessary funding for local fire stations. Earlier this year, wildfires decimated hundreds of acres across South Carolina, and it\u2019s vital that our fire departments have the resources they need to keep us safe. In addition, this legislation funds important military construction projects in the Palmetto State. I believe these are all worthy causes and I was proud to have advocated for them.\u201d\n\nSome of the South Carolina projects that will receive funding from this package are highlighted below:\n\nClemson University: $4.5 million for equipment at new veterinary school\n\nTown of Tega Cay: $534,000 for fire department equipment\n\nTown of Blythewood: $1.25 million to improve the fire station\n\nTown of Central: $2 million to upgrade the fire station\n\nJoint Base Charleston: $33 million for an aeromedical evacuation facility for the Air Force Reserve\n\nMarine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island: $8.25 million for recruit barracks design", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "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.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=57D928E3-4777-4BBF-888C-37880ACE0821"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.258414937183261, "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"}