{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://patronis.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-patronis-votes-to-advance-legislation-to-protect-consumers-from-rising-utility-costs-driven-by-ai-data-centers", "Congressman Patronis Votes to Advance Legislation to Protect Consumers from Rising Utility Costs Driven by AI Data Centers", "2026-09-17", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "House", "FL", "Jimmy Patronis", "P000622", "patronis.house.gov", "patronis", "https://patronis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Late Wednesday evening, Congressman Jimmy Patronis (R-FL) voted to advance H.R. 9340 the Ratepayer Protection Act to ensure hardworking Americans aren\u2019t footing the bill for AI data centers.\n\nCongressman Patronis said, \u201cIf Big Tech wants to build a massive data center and use massive amounts of electricity, they should pay for the power and infrastructure they need, not hardworking families and small businesses. I don\u2019t want families in Northwest Florida footing the bill for someone else\u2019s investment opportunity.\u201d\n\nThe Ratepayer Protection Act would:\n\nGive states the tools to protect ratepayers.\n\nCreate a federal standard for large-load customers, like data centers, to pay for the power and grid upgrades they need.\n\nCreate a framework to protect families from the bill if a data center leaves.\n\nThe Ratepayer Protection Act passed the House by a vote of 417-3 and now moves to the Senate for consideration.\n\nTo view the Ratepayer Protection Act, click here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-18T09:27:43Z", "2026-09-18T09:29:09Z"]], "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://patronis.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-patronis-votes-to-advance-legislation-to-protect-consumers-from-rising-utility-costs-driven-by-ai-data-centers"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3787508942186832, "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"}