{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-congresswoman-miller-talks-american-energy-independence-commitment", "ICYMI: Congresswoman Miller Talks American Energy Independence, Commitment to America, Recent Legislation on Inside West Virginia Politics", "2022-10-03", "2022", "2022-10", "Republican", "House", "WV", "Carol D. Miller", "M001205", "miller.house.gov", "miller", "https://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) joined WOWK13 News\u2019 Inside West Virginia Politics to discuss American energy independence and the Mountain Valley Pipeline. She also highlighted the House Republican Commitment to America and her No Surprises for Survivors Act, bipartisan legislation that will protect survivors of sexual violence from unexpected bills for forensic medical exams, commonly known as rape kits.\n\nImage\n\nHighlights:\n\nOn American Energy Independence and the Mountain Valley Pipeline: \u201c[The Mountain Valley Pipeline] has been 94% completed for quite a while. I don\u2019t understand why we stop our energy sources when we should be as energy independent as possible. This is just one more kick in the teeth to West Virginia and to our country.\u201d\n\n\u201c[The Mountain Valley Pipeline] needs to be on the front burner. We\u2019ve been struggling with it since Biden first took office. We have to be energy independent. We certainly should learn from Europe on what happens when you\u2019re not. I don\u2019t like living off of reserves quite frankly. They\u2019re there for a reason, but it\u2019s not just to power us. We need to be producing energy.\u201d\n\nOn the Commitment to America: \u201cOne is that we have an economy that is strong. Fighting inflation. I\u2019ve been wearing a pin for quite a while that says \u2018It\u2019s the spending stupid.\u2019 We are spending money that we don\u2019t have hand over fist and America is really suffering. I don\u2019t know if you\u2019ve bought a 2x4 or a sheet of plywood, or maybe you\u2019ve been to the grocery store and bought milk and bacon\u2026It\u2019s time to stop spending and put people back to work.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe other is a nation that is safe. I have been to the border and seen how open it is. In our state, in particular, we have a sensitivity to the opioid epidemic and drugs. The fentanyl that is coming through our border \u2013 it\u2019s criminal what is happening\u2026We want a country that is safe. We want an economy that\u2019s strong. And we also want a country that\u2019s still built on freedom. We just need to restore the people\u2019s voice in their government.\u201d\n\nOn the No Surprises for Survivors Act: \u201cThe most horrific thing a woman would experience is rape. They should not have to pay to have a rape kit done on them because that\u2019s part of the procedure for the police department to help them identify that they actually have been indeed raped and that they have the evidence. To me, it\u2019s a very simple, easy thing to do, and that is to protect people who have already gone through a horrendous experience.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"]], "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://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-congresswoman-miller-talks-american-energy-independence-commitment"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.870819203555584, "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"}