{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://guest.house.gov/media/press-releases/guest-republicans-oppose-biden-plan-release-domestic-oil-reserves", "Guest, Republicans Oppose Biden Plan to Release Domestic Oil Reserves", "2021-11-22", "2021", "2021-11", "Republican", "House", "MS", "Michael Guest", "G000591", "guest.house.gov", "guest", "https://guest.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 In anticipation of a possible White House announcement to release oil reserves from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), Congressman Michael Guest (MS-03) and other Republicans sent a letter to the Biden Administration with an alternative strategy \u2013 increase domestic oil production.\n\n\u201cGas prices have and will continue to rise due to production restrictions on federal lands, cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline, and heightened environmental regulations, including those on methane emissions\u2026 We should not extract oil from the SPR to address a self-inflicted crisis caused by this administration\u2026 Rather, it would be in our best interest to reopen oil and gas production on federal lands, which would equate to a 20% increase in our domestic oil production,\u201d the Members write.\n\nThe letter, sent last Thursday, came days before reports of the Administration\u2019s potential announcement to use SPR reserves to curb rising gas prices. After learning of the potential announcement, Congressman Guest released the following statement:\n\n\u201cThis decision would place our country at risk by tapping into our only emergency reserve of petroleum. President Biden\u2019s decision to restrict domestic drilling has made us more reliant on OPEC, Russia, and other foreign countries for oil, which has driven up domestic prices. Instead of using our reserves, President Biden could lift these unnecessary restrictions, increasing our ability to supply our own oil by up to 20 percent. Simply admitting his mistake and reversing those decisions would help ease gas prices without placing our country at an elevated risk during a national crisis,\u201d Guest said.\n\nSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has called for the use of the SPR to lower gas prices, and a group of Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to the Biden Administration last week asking for the Administration to tap into the SPR reserves, according to a Reuters article.\n\nSome Democrats have joined Republicans in opposing this proposal, including U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, who shared the position with Republicans that the SPR should be reserved for times of emergency.\n\nAnalysts have warned that the use of the SPR to reduce gas prices would only have a short-term impact on the price of gas.\n\nCongressman Michael Guest represents Mississippi's Third Congressional District. Currently serving his second term, Congressman Guest serves as the Vice Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, as a Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and as a Member of the Committee on Ethics.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"]], "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://guest.house.gov/media/press-releases/guest-republicans-oppose-biden-plan-release-domestic-oil-reserves"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7915159221738577, "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"}