{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://evanjenkins.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-jenkins-introduces-bill-stop-stream-buffer-zone-rule", "REP. JENKINS INTRODUCES BILL TO STOP STREAM BUFFER ZONE RULE", "2016-12-20", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "WV", "Evan Jenkins", "J000297", "evanjenkins.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) introduced a resolution today to force Congress to take an up-or-down vote on an anti-coal regulation just finalized by the Obama administration.\nRep. Jenkins\u2019 joint resolution of congressional disapproval would require a simple majority vote of each chamber on the stream buffer zone rule, which the administration published in the Federal Register today.\n\u201cThis rule is President Obama\u2019s final chapter in his anti-coal legacy, a legacy that has cost West Virginia thousands of jobs and decimated our state\u2019s economy. I am taking swift action to stop this rule and this president\u2019s anti-coal agenda. I urge my colleagues to join me in saying no to this president \u2013 no more overregulation, no more lost jobs, and no more policies that put West Virginians out of work,\u201d Rep. Jenkins said.\nThe joint resolution of congressional disapproval Rep. Jenkins introduced would allow Congress to quickly consider and vote to overturn the stream buffer zone rule with a simple majority vote of each chamber. Additionally, once invalidated, similar rules may not be issued by the agencies unless Congress explicitly authorizes it by law.\nIn November, Rep. Jenkins helped pass legislation to stop this administration \u2013 and future ones \u2013 from pushing through regulations in their last months in office. The Midnight Rules Relief Act would give Congress the authority to review and reject rules that any president issues during the final months of their terms.", 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://evanjenkins.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-jenkins-introduces-bill-stop-stream-buffer-zone-rule"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5358100645244122, "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"}