{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.merkley.senate.gov/wyden-merkley-urge-trump-administration-to-release-funds-for-klamath-family-head-start/", "Wyden, Merkley Urge\u00a0Trump Administration\u00a0to Release Funds for Klamath\u00a0Family\u00a0Head Start", "2025-12-08", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "OR", "Jeff Merkley", "M001176", "www.merkley.senate.gov", "merkley", "https://www.merkley.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "Oregon senators\u2019 letter notes that federal agency delays could endanger program helping 180 children in Southern Oregon\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they are calling on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\u2019 Office of Head Start to release grant funding essential to preventing the Klamath Family Head Start program from foreclosing on its main site in Klamath Falls, Oregon.\n\n\u201cDespite the program submitting a full application for funding to pay off an outstanding loan and purchase their facility more than six months ago, Klamath Family Head Start still has yet to receive an update from the Office of Head Start (OHS),\u201d the senators wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. \u201cThis delay is especially troubling as Klamath Family Head Start\u2019s lender has now informed them that they will extend the mortgage only through December 18, 2025, after which this program could lose its building.\u201d\n\n\u201cKlamath Family Head Start has been a trusted Head Start provider since 1980 and foreclosure of the building would be devastating for the community,\u201d the senators continued. \u201cOne hundred eighty children and families in rural Oregon rely on this facility on a daily basis and it is supported by over 40 staff members. If the program is forced into an eviction or emergency relocation because of a stalled federal review process, Oregon families will pay the price.\u201d\n\nThe senators requested an update to the status of the grant request, and a timeline of when OHS will complete its review.\n\nThe full letter is here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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.merkley.senate.gov/wyden-merkley-urge-trump-administration-to-release-funds-for-klamath-family-head-start/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8612978272140026, "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"}