{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcguire.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-john-mcguires-statement-uranium-energy-independence-act-2025", "Rep. John McGuire\u2019s Statement on the Uranium for Energy Independence Act of 2025", "2025-02-28", "2025", "2025-02", "Republican", "House", "VA", "John J. McGuire III", "M001239", "mcguire.house.gov", "mcguire", "https://mcguire.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Representative John McGuire (VA-05), today released the following statement on the Uranium for Energy Independence Act of 2025:\n\n\u201cMy bill, H.R. 1622, does not overturn the Commonwealth of Virginia\u2019s moratorium on uranium mining. The legislation aligns with the Trump Administration\u2019s goal of recognizing the national importance of uranium as a critical mineral, as it did during his first term. Uranium has defense, health, and technological uses. As introduced, the bill does not usurp the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s ruling on the Commonwealth\u2019s moratorium as certified in 2019.\u201d\n\nRead the press release for the Uranium for Energy Independence Act of 2025 here.\n\n###", 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://mcguire.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-john-mcguires-statement-uranium-energy-independence-act-2025"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4192759990692139, "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"}