{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/news-releases/more-than-600000-headed-to-butler-county-for-rural-wastewater-treatmentmccaskill-announces", "More Than $600,000 Headed to Butler County for Rural Wastewater Treatment—McCaskill Announces", "2017-11-17", "2017", "2017-11", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "Claire McCaskill", "M001170", "www.mccaskill.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "More Than $600,000 Headed to Butler County for Rural Wastewater Treatment\u2014McCaskill Announces \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t Senator: \u2018Every Missourian should have access to clean water and basic infrastructure, no matter where you live\u2019 \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tFriday, November 17, 2017\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill announced more than $600,000 in federal funding and loans has been awarded to the town of Neelyville, in Butler County, to improve the existing wastewater treatment facility.\u00a0\u00a0\r\n\r\n\u201cEvery Missourian should have access to clean water and basic infrastructure, no matter where you live \u2013 whether it\u2019s a community big or small,\u201d McCaskill said. \u201cThis funding will go a long way to help folks in Neelyville shore up the infrastructure in place to ensure that basic promise to the community.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe $235,000 grant and $371,000 loan was awarded to the town of Neelyville through the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s Rural Development Program to improve the existing wastewater treatment facility for the community.\r\n\r\nMcCaskill has been a\u00a0longtime\u00a0supporter\u00a0of investing in Missouri\u2019s infrastructure. She has\u00a0led efforts\u00a0to claw back previously earmarked funds to ensure the money is spent on critical infrastructure needs instead of politicians\u2019 pet projects. Her efforts allowed the Missouri Department of Transportation to direct $72.6 million of previously unspent funds across Missouri to support local needs. These funds were originally earmarked by Congress for use 10 or more years ago, but because they were duplicates, or the project was scrapped, among other reasons\u2014the funds were never used.\r\nVisit\u00a0mccaskill.senate.gov/rural\u00a0to learn more about McCaskill's fight to protect rural Missouri.\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/more-than-600000-headed-to-butler-county-for-rural-wastewater-treatmentmccaskill-announces"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9297588840126991, "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"}