{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.smith.senate.gov/u-s-senators-amy-klobuchar-tina-smith-announce-grant-to-strengthen-workforce-in-waseca-county/", "U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar, Tina Smith Announce Grant to Strengthen Workforce in Waseca County", "2025-09-22", "2025", "2025-09", "Democrat", "Senate", "MN", "Tina Smith", "S001203", "www.smith.senate.gov", "tinasmith", "https://www.smith.senate.gov/media/press-releases/", "scraper", "MINNEAPOLIS, MN \u2013 Today, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced an award for Waseca County to strengthen workforce training and development. The award will be used to develop a new manufacturing workforce training facility in Waseca, Minnesota. The new center will house classrooms, a mechatronics skills training area, and a computer numerical control (CNC) training area. The project will create 50 jobs and once completed, help increase the region\u2019s capacity to create and grow new businesses in the manufacturing industry, in turn attracting private investment and strengthening the regional economy.\n\n\u201cSkills training strengthens our local economies by helping people succeed in the workforce,\u201d said Klobuchar. \u201cIn addition to the 50 new jobs this project will create, this funding will enable the Waseca County Workforce Development Center to build classrooms and provide important hands-on training so more Minnesotans can gain the skills they need to find good-paying, in-demand jobs.\u201d\n\n\u201cNow more than ever we need educated, skilled workers entering trades in Minnesota,\u201d said Smith. \u201cThis investment will provide Waseca County with important resources to train future workers and prepare them for high-wage, high-demand fields. This is exactly the type of project the federal government should be a partner in and I\u2019m proud of the work we did with local leaders to make it possible.\u201d\n\nThe award totals $2.1 million and comes from the Economic Development Administration.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:10:29Z"]], "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.smith.senate.gov/u-s-senators-amy-klobuchar-tina-smith-announce-grant-to-strengthen-workforce-in-waseca-county/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.463680062443018, "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"}