{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bucshon.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/dr-bucshon-s-clean-energy-bill-unanimously-passes-house", "Dr. Bucshons Clean Energy Bill Unanimously Passes House", "2017-12-12", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "IN", "Larry Bucshon", "B001275", "bucshon.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "(Washington, D.C.) \u2013 Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08) released the following statement after the House of Representatives unanimously passed\u00a0his clean energy bill, the Promoting Hydropower Development at Existing Nonpowered Dams Act (H.R. 2872):\n\t\t\t\t\u201cHydropower provides benefits in the form of jobs, economic investment, improved public health, and resource conservation. It\u2019s also a great source of American-made energy. In the Eight Congressional district alone, there are six non-powered dams that could be modernized to produce clean energy. Unfortunately, unnecessary government red tape is preventing us from taking advantage of clean renewable energy from hydropower at existing non-powered dams.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThe Promoting Hydropower Development at Existing Nonpowered Dams Act cuts through the red tape and instructs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to create an expedited permitting process that will result in a final decision on an application in two years or less. Streamlining the permitting process for qualifying non-powered dam projects represents an important first step in modernizing our existing infrastructure. This small but important step\u00a0will incentivize\u00a0investments in hydropower development, allowing us to take advantage of clean, American-made energy.\u201d\n\t\t\t\tCongressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. is a physician and Republican member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee serving his fourth term representing Indiana's 8th Congressional district. The 8th District of Indiana includes all or parts of Clay, Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Martin, Owen, Parke, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Sullivan, Vanderburgh, Vermillion, Vigo, and Warrick counties.", 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": ["https://bucshon.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/dr-bucshon-s-clean-energy-bill-unanimously-passes-house"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4283319469541311, "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"}