{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.murray.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/newsreleases?ContentRecord_id=a51e05e9-b4db-4c7e-bff2-d4bda7458f96", "VIDEO: HANFORD: Murray Restores Millions in Hanford Budget Cuts in 2015 Spending Bill", "2014-12-10", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "WA", "Patty Murray", "M001111", "www.murray.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Murray: \u201cI stood up and fought back\u201d after Administration proposed cuts to Hanford cleanup \r\n\u201cA critical win for Hanford and our entire state\u201d \r\nVIDEO: Earlier this year, Murray pushed back on Obama Administration after they proposed nearly $100 million in Hanford cuts\r\n(Washington, D.C.) \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she has secured critical federal funding for Washington state in 2015, including over $2 billion for Hanford cleanup. Earlier this year, Sen. Murray expressed strong concern with the President\u2019s 2015 budget proposal, which included millions in Hanford cuts, and pushed to restore the funding levels in the spending bill released last night. The bill is expected to pass the House of Representatives and the Senate in the coming days. \r\nThe 2015 omnibus appropriations bill \u00a0was made possible by the bipartisan budget deal that Senator Murray reached last December with U.S. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) that prevented another government shutdown, rolled back cuts to investments in education, research, and jobs\u2014and restored certainty to the federal budget process.\u00a0 \r\n\u201cI stood up and fought back after the Administration\u2019s budget included millions in cuts to Hanford funding, and I am so proud that this bill restores those critical investments,\u201d said Senator Murray.\u00a0 \u201cI have made it clear that I expect the federal government to meet its legal obligations and milestones at defense environmental cleanup sites, particularly Hanford.\u00a0 This cleanup work is one of Washington state\u2019s most important environmental priorities, and while this funding is another step in the right direction, I am going to keep working with the community to move the Hanford cleanup project forward and I will continue fighting for the federal investments it needs.\u00a0 The funding secured in this bill is a critical \u2018win\u2019 for Hanford and our entire state.\u201d \r\nA list of Hanford funding secured by Senator Murray is below: \r\n$2.153 billion for nuclear waste cleanup at Hanford, an increase of $69.9 million above the President\u2019s FY 2015 budget request\r\n \r\n$941 million for Richland Operations, an increase of $92.9 million above the President\u2019s FY 2015 budget request and equal to the FY 2014 Omnibus Appropriations Bill\r\nCentral Plateau Remediation -- $543.5 million\r\nRiver Corridor and Other Cleanup Operations -- $377.8 million\r\nRichland Operations Community & Regulatory Support -- $19.7 million\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n\u00a0$1.212 billion for Office of River Protection, a decrease of $23 million from the President\u2019s FY 2015 budget request\r\nWaste Treatment Plant -- $667 million\r\nTank Farm Activities -- $545 million \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n$2.6 million for Fast Flux Test Reactor Facility (WA)", 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.murray.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/newsreleases?ContentRecord_id=a51e05e9-b4db-4c7e-bff2-d4bda7458f96"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2171519920229912, "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"}