{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.ossoff.senate.gov/press-releases/sens-ossoff-rev-warnock-delivering-funding-to-protect-georgia-families-from-hazardous-substances/", "Sens. Ossoff & Rev. Warnock Delivering Funding to Protect Georgia Families from Hazardous Substances", "2026-07-10", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "Senate", "GA", "Jon Ossoff", "O000174", "www.ossoff.senate.gov", "ossoff", "https://www.ossoff.senate.gov/press-releases/?jsf=jet-engine:press-list", "scraper", "Chickamauga, Ga. \u2014 U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock are delivering bipartisan infrastructure law funding to protect Georgia families from hazardous contaminants and substances.\n\nSens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock are delivering nearly $9 million in Federal funding through the bipartisan infrastructure law to accelerate the cleanup of polluted sites across Georgia.\n\nThe Federal funding, delivered through the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup grant program, will help assess, clean up and redevelop blighted properties across the state and protect families from dangerous chemicals.\n\n\u201cThis is about our communities\u2019 health. No family in Georgia should live in fear of contaminants in their communities,\u201d Sen. Ossoff said. \u201cThat\u2019s why we are delivering these historic public health and environmental cleanup efforts across Georgia.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe health of Georgia\u2019s communities is tied to the health of our environment,\u201dsaid Senator Reverend Warnock. \u201cThese federal funds will help ensure Georgians can trust that their families are protected from hazardous substances.\u201d\n\nPlease find more details about the Federal grant funding below:\n\nSen. Ossoff continues to protect Georgia families from harmful chemicals and contaminants.\n\nIn May, Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock and Rep. McBath brought Republicans and Democrats in Congress together to deliver Federal funding for the City of East Point to install PFAS removal filters to existing drinking water pipes, helping improve drinking water quality for families.\n\nIn April Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock brought Republicans and Democrats together to upgrade the Alcovy River Pump Station to better serve residents in the county by mitigating the risk of exposure to PFAS and other contaminants and improving available water supply.\n\nLast December, Sen. Ossoff urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reinstate a grant made to Emory University to research children\u2019s exposure to lead, heavy metals, and other contaminants in West Atlanta following the discovery of dangerously high levels of lead in some West Atlanta yards.\n\nSen. Ossoff has previously delivered funding through the EPA\u2019s Brownfield program for clean-up projects across the state, including in Adrian, Atlanta, Columbus, Macon, Milledgeville, Rome, and Warner Robins.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-11T07:10:48Z", "2026-07-11T07:14:29Z"]], "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.ossoff.senate.gov/press-releases/sens-ossoff-rev-warnock-delivering-funding-to-protect-georgia-families-from-hazardous-substances/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1514929831027985, "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"}