{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://boebert.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-lauren-boebert-blasts-bidens-plan-destroy-colorado-energy-jobs", "Rep. Lauren Boebert Blasts Biden\u2019s Plan to Destroy Colorado Energy Jobs", "2023-08-03", "2023", "2023-08", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Lauren Boebert", "B000825", "boebert.house.gov", "boebert", "https://boebert.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-03) stated, \u201cBiden\u2019s Bureau of Land Management just announced two land grabs to kill responsible oil and gas leasing on Colorado\u2019s West Slope. Locking up another 1.6 million acres at a time when gas prices are skyrocketing just shows how out of touch this administration is with rural America. Families in the Third District depend on these jobs to put food on the table and a roof over their heads. I stand with Colorado\u2019s roughnecks against this misguided overreach by federal bureaucrats that seeks to lockup our land and that will further increase pain at the pump.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nToday, Biden\u2019s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Grand Junction and Colorado River Valley Field Office Resource Management Plans. The proposed plans would destroy Colorado energy jobs on the Western Slope and prevent responsible oil and gas production on 1.6 million acres. After this plan is implemented, 80% of the land managed by the Colorado River Valley Field Office will be closed to new oil and gas leasing. Likewise, this plan will close 81% of the land managed by the Grand Junction Field Office to new oil and gas leasing. Currently 87% of the decision area managed by the Colorado River Valley Field Office is open for oil and gas leasing and most of the area in the Grand Junction Field Office decision area is also open for oil and gas leasing.\n\nThese proposals will cause significant job losses, limit multiple-use of our public lands, and worsen sky-high gas prices. BLM released a draft rule last month to hinder responsible energy development on federal lands by raising royalty rates.\n\nShutting down energy production is an irresponsible way to manage our natural resources. Colorado\u2019s Third District is home to the 2nd largest shale basin in North America. Colorado\u2019s Third District accounts for nearly 44% of Colorado\u2019s natural gas production, and Colorado is the 7th largest natural gas-producing state.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:30:18Z"]], "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://boebert.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-lauren-boebert-blasts-bidens-plan-destroy-colorado-energy-jobs"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7995120249688625, "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"}