{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://harris.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-harris-sends-letter-constituents-high-costs-energy-maryland", "Congressman Harris Sends Letter To Constituents On The High Costs Of Energy In Maryland", "2025-02-19", "2025", "2025-02", "Republican", "House", "MD", "Andy Harris", "H001052", "harris.house.gov", "harris", "https://harris.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Harris, M.D. sent the following letter to his constituents in response to numerous concerns about the rising costs of energy in Maryland.\n\nThe letter can be read below:\n\nDear Friend,\n\nFor the last four years, the Biden-Harris administration implemented anti-domestic energy policies, suspended oil and gas leasing on federal land, and enforced costly energy regulations.\n\nIn Maryland, the General Assembly followed suit by passing their own version of the \u201cGreen New Deal Scam\u201d and mandating utilities to add new taxes and fees to your power bills.\n\nThe result? Marylanders are struggling more than ever to afford these unnecessary, sky-high energy bills. Nearly every day, my constituents call to inform me that their recent energy bills have increased resulting in staggering charges compared to previous winter seasons. This cannot continue.\n\nIn Congress, I\u2019m fighting to LOWER your energy bills. Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Protecting American Energy Production Act, which promotes domestic energy production and allows for fewer regulations on natural gas production.\n\nSince taking office, the Trump administration has made energy a focus; declaring a national energy emergency, promoting domestic fossil energy production, and rolling back red-tape regulations that increase energy prices.\n\nThese actions will help energy production nationally but leaders in the Maryland General Assembly must ACT. They should no longer put \u201cgreen new deal\u201d policies above common sense.\n\nThe Maryland General Assembly should also work expeditiously to halt the expected June 1, 2025, closures of the Brandon Shores and Wagner power plants, two of our last remaining in-state energy sources. Instead, the General Assembly is focusing their \u201cGreen New Scam\u201d wish list on attempts to expand solar on rural and agricultural land.\n\nLeaders in Maryland should listen to their constituents; they should understand the frustration with high energy bills and the fact that this was brought upon them by the actions of the Maryland General Assembly, which has mandated expensive, undependable sources of energy -- including offshore wind.\n\nRecently, I sat down with Spotlight on Maryland to reiterate my concerns about the high costs of energy in Maryland.\n\nThe letter concludes by listing several resources constituents can utilize if they are experiencing high energy costs in their homes or businesses.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T23:42:11Z"]], "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://harris.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-harris-sends-letter-constituents-high-costs-energy-maryland"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7368633523583412, "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"}