{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fedorchak.house.gov/media/press-releases/fedorchak-helps-advance-one-big-beautiful-bill-out-energy-and-commerce", "Fedorchak helps advance One Big Beautiful Bill out of Energy and Commerce Committee", "2025-05-14", "2025", "2025-05", "Republican", "House", "ND", "Julie Fedorchak", "F000482", "fedorchak.house.gov", "fedorchak", "https://fedorchak.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "\u201cAfter 26 hours of debate, E&C Republicans just took a major step toward getting our fiscal house in order,\u201d Fedorchak said. \u201cThis landmark package will help restore Medicaid to its original mission\u2014supporting seniors, people with disabilities, and pregnant women\u2014while cracking down on waste, fraud, and abuse. It reins in crushing regulations, ends Biden\u2019s costly EV mandates, and puts a stop to Green New Deal-style slush funds. Importantly, our legislation gives America\u2019s energy producers the tools they need to compete, grow, and make our nation energy dominant once again. This is a win for taxpayers, working families, and the people who power our economy.\u201d\n\nIn her opening statement, Fedorchak blasted Congressional Democrats for their intentionally misleading claims about the Republican plan to strengthen and sustain the Medicaid program. She noted that able-bodied adults in Medicaid expansion can receive up to nine times more federal funding than individuals living with disabilities in the traditional program. It is not fair for the federal government to spend more on those who can work\u2014but choose not to\u2014than on those living with a disability. Fedorchak also highlighted that according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, 1.4 million illegal immigrants are projected to receive Medicaid benefits, diverting resources from the people the program was designed to serve. Watch:\n\nImage\n\nClick here or below to read Fedorchak\u2019s thread on X (formerly Twitter) that highlights the waste, fraud, and abuse uncovered in Medicaid.\n\nImage\n\nDuring consideration of the Health Subtitle, Fedorchak called out the Democrats for falsely alleging the bill would reduce Medicaid benefits for women. She spoke in support of a key provision that prevents taxpayer dollars from funding Big Abortion providers, \u201can act that is morally objectionable to a large number of American taxpayers.\u201d Watch:\n\nImage\n\nDuring consideration of the Environment Subtitle, Fedorchak touted the commonsense North Dakota model that helps the state maintain some of the lowest cost utility bills in the country. She laid out why the Democrats\u2019 proposal to subsidize intermittent energy sources using taxpayer dollars, instead of embracing an all-of-the-above energy approach, increases costs and jeopardizes grid reliability. Watch:\n\nICYMI: CLICK HERE for more about the inclusion of key provisions from Fedorchak\u2019s legislation to promote cross-border energy infrastructure in the package.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T00:49:36Z"]], "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://fedorchak.house.gov/media/press-releases/fedorchak-helps-advance-one-big-beautiful-bill-out-energy-and-commerce"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.802408903837204, "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"}