{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/merkley-wyden-celebrate-multi-million-dollar-federal-investment-in-rail-safety-stronger-supply-chains-across-oregon", "Merkley, Wyden Celebrate Multi-Million Dollar Federal Investment in Rail Safety, Stronger Supply Chains Across Oregon", "2024-10-29", "2024", "2024-10", "Democrat", "Senate", "OR", "Ron Wyden", "W000779", "www.wyden.senate.gov", "wyden", "https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced $42,712,400 in federal funding is coming to Oregon for five projects to improve railroad safety, efficiency, and reliability across the state. The investment\u2014funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law\u2014comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program, which advances projects that modernize America\u2019s freight and intercity passenger rail infrastructure to move people and goods.\n\n\u201cRailroads are a vital mode of transportation for businesses and communities across our state, and this is the kind of significant investment in infrastructure we need to make to keep Oregon on track in the 21st century,\u201d Merkley said. \u201cAs I travel to every corner of our state, I see firsthand the need for bold infrastructure investments in our communities. This nearly $43 million in federal funding invests in rail safety and stronger supply chains\u2014creating jobs and economic opportunity for all Oregonians.\u201d\n\n\u201cRail improvements in rural Oregon communities are a must to ensure small businesses generating jobs throughout our state have a full menu of reliable transportation options for their goods,\u201d Wyden said. \u201cFederal investments like this prove yet again the immense value of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for Oregon and the entire country. And I\u2019ll keep battling to secure similar investments from this landmark federal law I worked to pass so Oregon could channel significant infrastructure resources into building a stronger economy.\u201d\n\nToday\u2019s major funding announcement comes after Merkley, Wyden, and U.S. Representative Val Hoyle announced last week that the Pacific Coast Intermodal Port (PCIP) Coos Bay Rail Line (CBRL) Upgrades Planning Project secured an over $29.7 million award through the CRISI Program. This critical funding further moves the Port of Coos Bay toward the goal of becoming the first fully ship-to-rail port facility on the West Coast.\n\nThe five additional projects in Oregon awarded funding by the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) CRISI Program can be found below:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:55:29Z"]], "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.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/merkley-wyden-celebrate-multi-million-dollar-federal-investment-in-rail-safety-stronger-supply-chains-across-oregon"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.2525140084326267, "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"}