{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://millermeeks.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-meeks-introduces-appropriations-amendment-ban-sale-petroleum-reserves", "Miller-Meeks Introduces Appropriations Amendment to Ban Sale of Petroleum Reserves to China", "2022-07-14", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "IA", "Mariannette Miller-Meeks", "M001215", "millermeeks.house.gov", "millermeeks", "https://millermeeks.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Today, July 14th, 2022, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) released the following statement after introducing an amendment to H.R. 8294 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023, prohibiting funds to draw down and sell petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to the People\u2019s Republic of China.\n\n\u201cWe are in a pivotal place when it comes to American energy security and our nation\u2019s security. The country\u2019s emergency energy reserves are down to historically low amounts, since the SPR\u2019s inception in 1975, following the Biden Administration\u2019s release of over 250 million barrels of oil in the last eight months. As our reserve levels decline, China continues to increase at our expense,\u201dsaid Miller-Meeks. \u201cWe can no longer allow this Administration to cover up the enactment of bad energy policy at the expense of the American people while they suffer everyday under record high gas prices. That is why I am proud to have offered this amendment banning the sale of petroleum reserves to China.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:49:02Z"]], "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://millermeeks.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-meeks-introduces-appropriations-amendment-ban-sale-petroleum-reserves"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5726760029792786, "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"}