{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mooney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-alex-mooney-applauds-passage-bill-roll-back-obama-coal", "Congressman Alex Mooney Applauds Passage of Bill to Roll Back Obama Coal Regulations", "2017-11-15", "2017", "2017-11", "Republican", "House", "WV", "Alex Mooney", "M001195", "mooney.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Alex Mooney Applauds Passage of Bill to Roll Back Obama Coal Regulations\nWashington, DC - Today, the House Financial Services Committee passed Congressman Mooney\u2019s bill, H.R. 4289 to repeal a duplicative Obama-era regulation on coal mining.\n\u201cPresident Donald Trump has renewed his commitment to reversing the damage done by former President Barack Obama\u2019s War on Coal. The passage of this bill represents one part of our ongoing efforts to revitalize the coal industry and brings jobs back to West Virginia.\nWall street regulators should not be responsible for monitoring or reporting mine safety conditions. The Department of Labor\u2019s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) already regulates coal mining. Due to Obama era Dodd- Frank regulations, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which is tasked with regulating Wall Street and Financial Institutions is duplicating the work of the Department of Labor.\nAdding this duplicative disclosure requirement is unneeded and represents another hurdle Washington puts in the way of opening new mines and rebuilding the coal industry,\u201d said Rep. Mooney.\nH.R. 4289 repeals Section 1503 of the Dodd-Frank Act.\u00a0 Section 1503 directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to promulgate rules requiring mining companies to disclose certain safety information in their quarterly and annual reports. This duplicative disclosure requirement is estimated to have increases compliance costs on the industry by well over $1 million annually.\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://mooney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-alex-mooney-applauds-passage-bill-roll-back-obama-coal"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5993257984519005, "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"}