{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://flood.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-flood-biden-usdot-promoting-greater-dependency-ccp", "Congressman Flood: Biden USDOT Promoting Greater Dependency on the CCP", "2022-09-07", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "NE", "Mike Flood", "F000474", "flood.house.gov", "flood", "https://flood.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Congressman Flood has joined several of his colleagues on the Oversight and Reform Committee in calling out U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the Biden Administration\u2019s misrepresentations of the impact of electric vehicles (EV) on the American job market.\n\n\u201cCommittee on Oversight and Reform Republicans are examining the false claims made by the Biden Administration about the impact of electric vehicles on American jobs,\u201d wrote the lawmakers. \u201cFord Motor Co.\u2019s recent announcement says it will cut up to 8,000 mostly American jobs to fund its EV investment is a stark contrast to the economic benefits promised by the Administration. Ford\u2019s decision to reach an agreement with a Chinese company to supply batteries for its EVs indicates it is the Chinese\u2014not Americans\u2014who stand to benefit from the Biden Administration\u2019s policy to shift to EVs.\u201d\n\nSec. Buttigieg has repeatedly touted the purported benefits of the Biden Administration\u2019s transportation and energy policy, but Ford\u2019s latest move is proving the opposite. EVs are now causing the U.S. to lose even more jobs to China and other nations while the country grapples with increasing inflation and a slumping stock market.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"]], "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://flood.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-flood-biden-usdot-promoting-greater-dependency-ccp"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9896289557218552, "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"}