{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mccormick.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-mccormick-celebrates-transformational-3-billion-investment-in-carnegie-mellon-university/", "Senator McCormick Celebrates Transformational $3 Billion Investment in Carnegie Mellon University", "2026-09-30", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "PA", "David McCormick", "M001243", "www.mccormick.senate.gov", "davemccormick", "https://www.mccormick.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, U.S. Senator Dave McCormick (R-PA) celebrated a historic gift to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) from Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin, including a transformational $1 billion investment in CMU\u2019s Pittsburgh campus and $2 billion to launch Carnegie Mellon University Miami.\n\n\u201cThis extraordinary investment from my great friend Ken Griffin is a tremendous vote of confidence in CMU, in Pittsburgh, and in the innovation that will continue to define America\u2019s future,\u201d said Senator McCormick. \u201cPittsburgh has always been a city that reinvents itself. Andrew Carnegie helped build the Steel City into an industrial powerhouse, and today, the university that bears his name is helping lead America into the next era of innovation. I\u2019m so proud of President Farnam Jahanian and his team for helping make Carnegie Mellon one of the finest research institutions in the world, a global leader in artificial intelligence, robotics, engineering, computer science, and so much more.\u201d\n\nSenator McCormick previously served on Carnegie Mellon\u2019s Board of Trustees and has long viewed the university as central to Pittsburgh\u2019s transformation from the Steel City into a global hub for technology and innovation. CMU\u2019s world-class leadership in artificial intelligence, robotics, computer science, and engineering has helped put Pittsburgh at the forefront of the technologies shaping America\u2019s future. That leadership made CMU the natural home for Senator McCormick\u2019s inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit, showcasing the Commonwealth\u2019s unique strengths in AI, energy, and advanced technology and catalyzing $92 billion in investment in Pennsylvania\u2019s future.\n\nThis historic investment announced today builds on that momentum. The $1 billion commitment to support CMU\u2019s Pittsburgh campus will strengthen CMU\u2019s research and academic leadership, attract the best minds, and fuel innovation and discovery in western Pennsylvania. The $2 billion investment in the launch of CMU Miami will expand the reach of an institution built in Pittsburgh and bring CMU\u2019s culture of innovation and excellence to a new generation of leaders.\n\nAt a moment of intense global competition, America must continue to invest in the people and institutions that allow us to invent, build, and lead. More than a century after Andrew Carnegie invested in Pittsburgh, that same spirit of ambition, discovery, and innovation remains alive and well in Western Pennsylvania.", 1, "2026-10-01T11:23:28Z", "2026-10-01T11:25:15Z"]], "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.mccormick.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-mccormick-celebrates-transformational-3-billion-investment-in-carnegie-mellon-university/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9482600726187229, "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"}