{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fedorchak.house.gov/media/press-releases/fedorchak-statement-dapl-protest-settlement", "Fedorchak Statement on DAPL Protest Settlement", "2026-06-11", "2026", "2026-06", "Republican", "House", "ND", "Julie Fedorchak", "F000482", "fedorchak.house.gov", "fedorchak", "https://fedorchak.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) today released the following statement after North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley announced a final settlement requiring the federal government to reimburse North Dakota $27.8 million for costs incurred during the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in 2016 and 2017. Combined with the $10 million previously secured for the state, North Dakota will recover nearly $38 million in protest-related expenses.\n\n\u201cThe Dakota Access Pipeline was legally permitted, has operated safely for nearly a decade, and remains critical to North Dakota\u2019s economy, energy industry, and America\u2019s energy security. More than 30 hours of public hearings were held with input from hundreds of people. Yet, for more than 230 days, North Dakota communities, law enforcement officers, and taxpayers carried the burden of responding to unlawful activity while the federal government failed to act responsibly on federal land,\u201d Fedorchak said. \u201cThe people of North Dakota should never have been left footing the bill for the Obama administration\u2019s failure to enforce the law during the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. I\u2019m grateful to Attorney General Drew Wrigley, late Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, and the law enforcement officers and local officials who stood up for our communities.\u201d", 1, "2026-06-27T21:44:12Z", "2026-06-27T22:11:26Z"]], "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-statement-dapl-protest-settlement"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5607667155563831, "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"}