{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/news-releases/nga-updatefollowing-mccaskill-advocacy-deal-reached-for_national-geospatial-intelligence-agency-land-acquisition", "NGA Update—Following McCaskill Advocacy, Deal Reached for  National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Land Acquisition", "2016-12-01", "2016", "2016-12", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "Claire McCaskill", "M001170", "www.mccaskill.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "NGA Update\u2014Following McCaskill Advocacy, Deal Reached for  National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Land Acquisition \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t Senator spoke last month with Secretary of Defense Ash Carter to highlight importance of the deal, following  successful advocacy at highest levels of government for agency to keep its 3,000 employees in Missouri \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tThursday, December 1, 2016\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON \u2013 After pushing for such a deal last month with Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, who successfully advocated at the highest levels of government for the selection of the north St. Louis site for the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency\u2019s new western headquarters\u2014keeping its operations in Missouri\u2014today released the following statement on the news that the city can now issue bonds to formally purchase land for the site:\r\n\u201cNGA is now one step closer to breaking ground on its new St. Louis home, which will be a huge economic boon to a community that\u2019s already making enormous economic strides and keeping our proud 72-year legacy on the front lines of American intelligence right here in Missouri.\u201d\r\nMcCaskill also advocated for the deal last month in a phone call with Frank Kendall, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. The City of St. Louis today received its Major Land Acquisition Waiver, which allows the city to issue bonds to purchase land for the new site.\r\nMcCaskill, a longtime advocate for keeping the NGA in Missouri, and had met directly with the NGA Director to discuss the merits of keeping its operations in the St. Louis region. She personally urged President Obama, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to recognize the North St. Louis site as the best place for NGA operations.\r\nMcCaskill, along with Republican Senator Roy Blunt, recently penned an op-ed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on the importance of the NGA to Missouri. Last year, the two wrote to the director of the NGA, urging the agency to keep its operations in Missouri as it evaluated sites for the relocation of its St. Louis-based operation.\r\nVisit mccaskill.senate.gov/defense to learn more about McCaskill\u2019s fight to protect our national security.\u00a0\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/nga-updatefollowing-mccaskill-advocacy-deal-reached-for_national-geospatial-intelligence-agency-land-acquisition"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9957912154495716, "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"}