{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://tomgraves.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398691", "Rep. Tom Graves, Georgia Delegation Urges Army to Equip Hunter Army Airfield", "2016-12-12", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "GA", "Tom Graves", "G000560", "tomgraves.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Rep. Tom Graves, Georgia Delegation Urges Army to Equip Hunter Army Airfield\n                      \n                    \n                        \n                    \n                    \n                    \n                    \n                    \n                        \n                            Washington,\n                            December 12, 2016\u00a0-\n                        Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) along with Sens. Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and David Perdue (R-GA), and Reps. Buddy Carter (GA-01), Sanford Bishop (GA-02) and Austin Scott (GA-08) urged the U.S. Army to relocate a helicopter battalion stationed in Europe to Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia. \u201cAs you work through your priorities in the Strategic Portfolio Analysis Review (SPAR), we would appreciate your consideration of Georgia as a means to support the Army\u2019s continued mission sets, and our nation\u2019s strategic needs,\u201d said the Georgia congressional delegation in a letter to General Mark Milley, U.S. Army chief of staff. \u201cA fully-equipped Apache Battalion along our southeastern corridor, coupled with the support infrastructure at Hunter Army Airfield could prove to be a highly lethal force that provides flexibility and options to our Army.\u201d The letter also reinforces the need to move forward with plans to construct necessary hangars at Hunter Army Airfield, which were postponed due to budget restraints brought on by sequestration.\u00a0 \u201cWith the planning and design work complete, the [hangar] project is ready to go as soon as funding is made available,\u201d the delegation continued. \u201cWe commit that we will do our part and work alongside the Army and the new Administration to help restore this combat aviation capability back to Hunter.\u201d View the full letter HERE.\r\n\u00a0\r\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://tomgraves.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398691"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8550770580768585, "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"}