{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mcbride-trump-administrations-illegal-energy-cuts", "Rep. McBride on Trump Administration\u2019s Illegal Energy Cuts", "2025-10-02", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "DE", "Sarah McBride", "M001238", "mcbride.house.gov", "mcbride", "https://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 Today, Congresswoman Sarah McBride (DE-AL) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Energy announced it would terminate more than $7.5 billion in congressionally appropriated energy awards, including projects in Delaware:\n\n\u201cThe Department of Energy\u2019s announcement is not just reckless \u2014 it\u2019s unlawful. Congress appropriated these funds, and no administration has the authority to unilaterally cancel them.\n\n\u201cEnergy is energy \u2014 and at a time when families are already struggling with higher prices, we need more tools to lower costs, not fewer. These cuts threaten Delaware jobs, will raise energy costs for working families, and set us back in the fight to deliver affordable, reliable power. I will fight to ensure these congressionally approved investments are restored, because every Delawarean deserves affordable energy and the good-paying jobs that come with building it.\n\n\u201cThis isn\u2019t about protecting taxpayers. It\u2019s about politics. These are mobster tactics \u2014 the Trump administration is illegally slashing programs during this government shutdown in an attempt to force Democrats to vote for their cuts to health care and other lifesaving services. I will not be intimidated into giving this president a blank check to dismantle the very programs families rely on.\u201d\n\nThe Department of Energy\u2019s move terminates 321 awards across 223 clean energy and grid modernization projects, including efforts in Delaware. The list of impacted projects has not been made public. These funds were appropriated by Congress, making the cancellations an unconstitutional overreach by the administration.\n\nRep. McBride pledged to continue working with colleagues in Congress to hold the Department accountable, protect Delaware jobs, and restore the critical investments that lower costs for families and strengthen America\u2019s energy future.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "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://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mcbride-trump-administrations-illegal-energy-cuts"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8333649020642042, "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"}