{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://pittenger.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/pittenger-helps-pass-bipartisan-transportation-bill", "Pittenger helps pass bipartisan transportation bill", "2015-12-03", "2015", "2015-12", "Republican", "House", "NC", "Robert Pittenger", "P000606", "pittenger.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n  \n CONGRESSMAN PITTENGER HELPS PASS FIRST REGULAR, LONG-TERM TRANSPORTATION BILL IN A DECADE \n\nWASHINGTON  Today, Congressman Robert Pittenger (NC-09) joined a strong bipartisan majority to pass the first regular-order, long-term transportation funding bill in a decade. This bipartisan transportation bill provides North Carolina more than $5 billion to meet critical infrastructure needs, and its fully paid for, said Congressman Pittenger. For too long, Congress has lurched from crisis to crisis, passing stop-gap transportation bills and ignoring long-term needs. This is governing. Today, we did our job. This is how government is supposed to work. Key provisions of the transportation bill include:  \n\t\n Five-year funding bill for highway-related programs through the Highway Trust Fund\n\tNorth Carolina will receive $5.5 billion between FY16 and FY20 (averaging $1 billion each year through FY20)\n\tFully paid for without raising taxes\n\tPassed Congress following the regular, orderly process of legislation  the way Washington is supposed to work, instead of last-minute, hastily-written stopgaps\n   \n\tThe Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 22  Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a strong bipartisan vote of 359-65.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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": ["http://pittenger.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/pittenger-helps-pass-bipartisan-transportation-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.4525050539523363, "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"}