{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/news-releases/joplin-disaster-recovery-is-focus-of-mccaskill-blunt-request", "Joplin Disaster Recovery Is Focus of McCaskill, Blunt Request", "2017-11-27", "2017", "2017-11", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "Claire McCaskill", "M001170", "www.mccaskill.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Joplin Disaster Recovery Is Focus of McCaskill, Blunt Request \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t Senators ask that FEMA give full and fair consideration to city\u2019s extension request following 2011 tornado \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMonday, November 27, 2017\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt are calling for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to give full consideration to Joplin\u2019s request for an extension to the deadline for completing four projects as part of recovery efforts from the 2011 tornado that devastated the region.\r\nThe projects will repair streets, sidewalks, catch basins, curbs and gutters. An extension allows Joplin to complete the projects as part of the city\u2019s broader disaster recovery efforts while continuing to receive reimbursements from FEMA.\r\n\u201cWe respectfully request that you fully and fairly consider the city\u2019s request\u2026as Joplin continues to recover from the devastating EF-5 tornado that struck the city on May 22, 2011,\u201d wrote the Senators in a letter to FEMA\u2019s Acting Region VII Administrator. \u201cWe understand that these extensions would give Joplin flexibility in coordinating several infrastructure projects\u2026Specifically, it would allow Joplin to better sequence the infrastructure projects in a way that may help reduce wasteful spending.\u201d\r\nMcCaskill and Blunt have continued to support recovery efforts in the Joplin area since the 2011 tornado. Earlier this year, the Senators wrote to the Department of Homeland Security supporting the Joplin Public School System\u2019s second appeal for funding high school repairs.\r\nRead the Senators\u2019 letter to FEMA HERE.\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet", 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.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/news-releases/joplin-disaster-recovery-is-focus-of-mccaskill-blunt-request"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.2305003367364407, "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"}