{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.sullivan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/icymi-trump-announces-alaska-to-alberta-rail-line-permit", "ICYMI: Trump Announces \u201cAlaska to Alberta\u201d Rail Line Permit", "2020-09-28", "2020", "2020-09", "Republican", "Senate", "AK", "Dan Sullivan", "S001198", "www.sullivan.senate.gov", "sullivan", "https://www.sullivan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases?PageNum_rs=48", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 On Saturday, President Donald Trump published a Tweet announcing a forthcoming permit for the A2A Railway project that would connect Alaska with the Canadian province of Alberta, a story covered in theAnchorage Daily News.President Trump attributed his decision to the advocacy of U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan and Congressman Don Young (both R-Alaska). The 1,600-mile-long project would run between northern Alberta to deep-water ports in Alaska, and also connect the state to the North American railway network. The terminus is planned for northern Alberta near Fort McKay, with the line then either connecting to the Alaska Railroad through a planned expansion to Delta Junction, or continuing south along the Richardson Highway to the tidewater port of Valdez.\n\n* * * * *\n\nTrump tweets intent to issue permit for rail line connecting Alaska to Canada and Lower 48\n\nSeptember 27, 2020\n\nBy Morgan Krakow\n\nPresident Donald Trump said late Friday that he expected to issue a permit for a rail line connecting Alaska and Canada, citing the influence of two members of Alaska\u2019s congressional delegation on his decision.\n\n\u201cBased on the strong recommendation of @SenDanSullivan and @repdonyoung of the Great State of Alaska, it is my honor to inform you that I will be issuing a Presidential Permit for the A2A Cross-Border Rail between Alaska & Canada. Congratulations to the people of Alaska & Canada!\u201d the president tweeted Friday around 8 p.m. Alaska time.\n\nThe 1,600-mile railroad line would connect Alaska to both Canada and the Lower 48 and would cut down on the time it takes to get products between Asia and North America, according to Mead Treadwell, Alaska vice chair with the company proposing the project, Alaska to Alberta Railway.\n\nTreadwell called the president\u2019s announcement a \u201cwonderful surprise\u201d and said a presidential permit would boost investor confidence for the project to spend more money on detailed engineering and environmental reviews.\n\nThe proposed rail route would run from Interior Alaska through the Yukon and into Alberta. Trains would carry various commodities, like bitumen, grain, fertilizer, pipe, containers and sulfur as well as passengers, Treadwell said.\n\n\u201cPresident Trump reached out to Senator Sullivan yesterday to get his view, as well as the view of other Alaskans, on the A2A project,\" said a statement Saturday from the office of Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan.\n\nSullivan\u2019s office also said the project could expand the state\u2019s transportation system, create jobs, lower food costs and \u201cprovide greater security for food and supplies.\u201d\n\nCLICK HERE to read the full story\u2026\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-28T00:28:51Z"]], "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.sullivan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/icymi-trump-announces-alaska-to-alberta-rail-line-permit"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7304779719561338, "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"}