{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-votes-boost-nuclear-energy-achieve-energy-dominance", "Newhouse Votes to Boost Nuclear Energy, Achieve Energy Dominance", "2025-07-17", "2025", "2025-07", "Republican", "House", "WA", "Dan Newhouse", "N000189", "newhouse.house.gov", "newhouse", "https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) released the following statement upon committee passage of the Fiscal Year 2026 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.\n\n\"The United States is at a critical point regarding the future of domestic energy production, and this legislation makes clear the prominent role nuclear energy and small modular reactors will play as we work to become truly energy dominant,\" said Rep. Newhouse.\n\nNewhouse continues, \"It also makes new investments into the Office of Science, which supports the mission at PNNL, and delivers the necessary resources to the Army Corps of Engineers to manage and maintain our critical hydroelectric dams. While there are further changes and funding increases that I would like to see in this legislation, specifically for Hanford and for PNNL, it serves as a strong starting point as we prepare to work with the Senate to support our nation\u2019s energy needs.\"\n\nThe Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill provides a total discretionary allocation of $57.300 billion, which is $766.4 million below the Fiscal Year 2025 enacted level. The defense portion of the allocation is $33.223 billion, and the non-defense portion of the allocation is $24.077 billion.\n\nThe bill prioritizes funding for agencies and programs that safeguard U.S. national security, unleash American energy dominance, and advance economic competitiveness.\n\nAmerican Energy\n\nSupports one of the largest investments focused on mining production technologies\n\nfor critical minerals extraction in decades, reducing reliance on foreign sources.\n\nRobustly funds small modular reactor and advanced reactor demonstration projects, as well as increases funding for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to expand capacity for the review, licensing, and oversight of new nuclear reactors.\n\nFacilitates the efficient transport of goods and commodities through improvements\n\nand maintenance of America\u2019s ports and waterways.\n\nIncreases investments to develop new baseload geothermal energy sources to capitalize on our vast domestic resources.\n\nMaintains funding for cybersecurity efforts that enable a resilient, reliable, and secure electric grid.\n\nNuclear Deterrent and National Security\n\nProvides $20.662 billion for the continued modernization of the nuclear weapons\n\nstockpile and infrastructure.\n\nProvides $2.171 billion to support the U.S. Navy\u2019s nuclear fleet by investing in\n\ninfrastructure and new technologies to maintain America\u2019s advantage over our adversaries.\n\nProvides $1.984 billion to reduce the danger of hostile nations or terrorist groups acquiring nuclear weapons.\n\nProhibits the sale of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the Chinese Communist Party.\n\nProhibits access to U.S. nuclear weapons production facilities by citizens of China and Russia.\n\nProhibits the Department of Energy from providing financial assistance to any foreign entity of concern.\n\nProhibits the purchase of technology and telecommunications equipment from China and other adversaries.\n\nBill text before amendments can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T14:40:33Z"]], "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://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-votes-boost-nuclear-energy-achieve-energy-dominance"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8973870426416397, "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"}