{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.paul.senate.gov/news-paul-mcconnell-and-whitfield-press-energy-secretary-moniz-paducah-doe-site/", "Paul, McConnell and Whitfield Press Energy Secretary Moniz on Paducah DOE Site", "2015-06-04", "2015", "2015-06", "Republican", "Senate", "KY", "Rand Paul", "P000603", "www.paul.senate.gov", "paul", "https://www.paul.senate.gov/news/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senator Rand Paul, and Congressman Ed Whitfield today met with Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz to discuss the immediate and long term future of the Paducah DOE site. The delegation, on behalf of the community, stressed the importance of DOE\u2019s commitment to cleanup and reindustrialization in Paducah in addition to securing a long term acquisition strategy and future for the site.\n\n\u201cThe Paducah DOE site is extremely important to the people of Paducah, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and to each of us,\u201d stated McConnell, Paul and Whitfield. \u201cIt is crucial that DOE develop a long-term strategy for the site to ensure that ongoing and future deactivation and decontamination work is done properly and executed in a timely manner. The DOE must maximize the resources it has been provided to promote job growth and preservation in Paducah, and we remain dedicated to ensuring that DOE commits to a long-term plan.\u201d\n\nRecent action taken by the Kentucky Congressional Delegation on behalf of Paducah:\n\n\u00fc McConnell, Paul and Whitfield Urge DOE to Release Cleanup Funding for Paducah\n\n\u00fc Whitfield Presses Energy Secretary on Paducah Cleanup Efforts (video)\n\n\u00fc McConnell Advocates on Behalf of Paducah to DOE Secretary (video)\n\n\u00fc McConnell, Paul and Whitfield Urge DOE to move quickly implementing the contract\n\n\u00fc Whitfield Secures Over $257 Million for Continued Cleanup of Paducah DOE Site in House Appropriations Bill", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T20:17:59Z"]], "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.paul.senate.gov/news-paul-mcconnell-and-whitfield-press-energy-secretary-moniz-paducah-doe-site/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2476518750190735, "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"}