{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://halrogers.house.gov/press-releases?ID=2860DA59-9D46-4316-AFF6-33009B61710F", "Congressman Rogers Voted for Federal Funding Bill to Enhance Energy Independence and Revitalize Coal Communities", "2024-07-25", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "House", "KY", "Harold Rogers", "R000395", "halrogers.house.gov", "halrogers", "https://halrogers.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Interior and Environment Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2025 on Wednesday with support from Congressman Hal Rogers (KY-05), a senior appropriator who helped secure funding to enhance energy independence and revitalize coal mining communities. The bill provides additional funding for the Abandoned Mine Lands Economic Revitalization (AMLER) grant program that Congressman Rogers created in 2016, including nearly $30 million more for Kentucky.\n\n\u201cThis bill promotes energy production in the United States, which will lead to more jobs and lower energy costs for the American people. I\u2019m proud that this bill also provides additional funding to help revitalize coal mining communities and cuts red tape that has delayed community projects,\u201d said Congressman Rogers, Dean of the House. \u201cWe are also ensuring that the American people have recreational access to public lands for hunting and fishing.\u201d\n\nCongressman Rogers advocated for several priorities in the bill, including the investment of no less than $500,000 for reforestation in the Appalachian region, early $60 million for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Fish Hatchery System Operations, and $35 million for the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) rural water technical assistance program grants to improve access to clean drinking water, helping with private water wells, and training for wastewater systems. The bill also reins in wasteful spending by the EPA with a 20% cut.\n\nThe bill fully funds the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program, which provided more than $2.1 million in 2024 to counties with federal land in Kentucky's Fifth Congressional District.\n\nThe House Appropriations Committee advanced all 12 discretionary federal funding bills earlier this month for consideration on the House Floor. The Interior and Environment Appropriations Act is the fifth to move on to the Senate.\n\nFor more information about Congressman Rogers\u2019 work in Washington and at home in Kentucky, visit halrogers.house.gov or follow him on social media.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"]], "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://halrogers.house.gov/press-releases?ID=2860DA59-9D46-4316-AFF6-33009B61710F"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0899510234594345, "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"}