{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fulcher.house.gov/2025/09/05/id-40c1e1a1-614c-435c-b2a6-d5d52cb5c65f/", "Fulcher Votes to Advance Energy and Water Appropriations Bill", "2025-09-05", "2025", "2025-09", "Republican", "House", "ID", "Russ Fulcher", "F000469", "fulcher.house.gov", "fulcher", "https://fulcher.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\n\nCONTACT: Christiann\u00e9 Allen, Christianne.Allen@mail.house.gov\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (Idaho-01) issued the following statement after voting in favor of the Fiscal Year 2026 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, H.R. 4553.\n\n\u201cU.S. national security, energy dominance, economic strength, robust infrastructure, and fiscal responsibility are the key components of the House\u2019s Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act,\u201d said Congressman Fulcher.\n\n\u201cI voted yes on this legislation, which prioritizes domestic critical mining for materials and minerals, ensuring America\u2019s supply chains are not reliant on foreign adversaries for the building blocks that make up today\u2019s advanced technology,\u201d Congressman Fulcher added. \u201cAdditionally, H.R. 4553 will strengthen U.S. energy independence by tapping into the power of geothermal\u2014a natural resource Idaho has been successful in utilizing for over a century\u2014and prioritizes America first by making key investments into the modernization of our military capabilities, nuclear stockpiles, and dams, storage, and other water infrastructure.\u201d\n\nBill Highlights\n\nThis legislation prioritizes funding for agencies and programs that safeguard U.S. national security, unleash American energy dominance, and advance economic competitiveness by:\n\nSupporting one of the largest investments focused on mining production technologies for critical minerals extraction in decades, reducing reliance on foreign sources.\n\nIncreasing investments to develop new baseload geothermal energy sources to capitalize on our vast domestic resources.\n\nMaintaining funding for cybersecurity efforts that enable a resilient, reliable, and secure electric grid.\n\nProhibiting access to U.S. nuclear weapons production facilities by citizens of China and Russia.\n\nBanning the purchase of technology and telecommunications equipment from China and other adversaries.\n\nFacilitating the efficient transport of goods and commodities through improvements and maintenance of America\u2019s ports and waterways.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:10:29Z"]], "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://fulcher.house.gov/2025/09/05/id-40c1e1a1-614c-435c-b2a6-d5d52cb5c65f/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9924578480422497, "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"}