{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-leads-37-members-demanding-documents-biden-administrations", "Newhouse Leads 37 Members in Demanding Documents on Biden Administration\u2019s Actions to Decrease Government Transparency", "2022-07-29", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "WA", "Dan Newhouse", "N000189", "newhouse.house.gov", "newhouse", "https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013\u2013 Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Rep. James Comer (R-KY), Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, led 36 Western Caucus Members and Oversight Republicans in sending letters to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan regarding the Biden Administration\u2019s recent rescinding of policies at both agencies that had promoted transparency and taxpayer protections regarding \u201csue and settle\u201d agreements.\n\n\u201cThe practice of \u2018sue and settle\u2019 allows special interest groups to achieve regulatory goals through litigation \u2013 in secret \u2013 and bypass the legislative and regulatory process,\u201d wrote the lawmakers. \u201cThe Biden Administration\u2019s decision to reverse course and allow special interest groups to make policy without stakeholder input is troubling.\u201d\n\nThe lawmakers continued, \u201cThe agency claims to be fair, transparent, and efficient, but its order favors special interest groups over the American people.\u201d\n\n\u201cSue and settle\u201d agreements interfere with the ability of all relevant industry stakeholders and the public to both be informed and provide insight on proposed regulatory decisions. The Trump Administration enacted orders to limit the use of \u201csue and settle\u201d agreements and to ensure visibility into the process, but the Biden Administration recently rescinded these orders. The letters request documents and communications within and among the agencies, White House, and outside interest groups that may have played a role in the decision.\n\nYou can read the full letter to Interior Secretary Haaland here and the full letter to EPA Administrator Regan here.", 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://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-leads-37-members-demanding-documents-biden-administrations"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4119341503828764, "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"}