{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://scalise.house.gov/press-releases/Scalise-Applauds-Trumps-Strong-5-Year-Offshore-Leasing-Plan", "Scalise Applauds Trump\u2019s Strong 5-Year Offshore Leasing Plan", "2025-11-20", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "LA", "Steve Scalise", "S001176", "scalise.house.gov", "scalise", "https://scalise.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014 Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement applauding the Department of the Interior\u2019s renewed five-year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program to replace the most restrictive plan in our nation\u2019s history put in place under President Biden:\n\n\u201cI applaud President Trump and Secretary Burgum for this strong 5-year offshore leasing plan that will create more high-paying American jobs, lower energy costs for hardworking families and small businesses, and bolster our national security while helping our allies reduce their dependence on hostile nations for their energy. This plan will not only boost domestic exploration and production in the Gulf of America and provide much-needed predictability, but thanks to the language I included in the Working Families Tax Cut, Louisiana will receive hundreds of millions in new revenue sharing dollars from these lease sales to fund critical coastal restoration and hurricane protection projects.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nIn July 2025, President Trump signed into law the Working Families Tax Cut, which required at least 30 lease sales in the Gulf of America over 15 years. Additionally, Leader Scalise secured language in the law that increases the amount of revenue sharing dollars Louisiana receives each year from offshore drilling from the leases outlined in this plan. This provision in the law will bring hundreds of millions of new dollars to Louisiana for vital coastal restoration and hurricane protection projects.\n\nWhat Louisiana Leaders are saying:\n\n\u201cFor Lafourche Parish, one of our best weapons for coastal restoration is the revenue sharing dollars we receive from offshore oil and gas exploration and production. Today\u2019s new five year offshore leasing plan delivers stability for this industry, and thanks to Leader Scalise\u2019s language in the Working Families Tax Cut, we are set to receive millions more in revenue sharing dollars to protect and rebuild our coast for years to come,\u201d said Lafourche Parish President Mitch Orgeron.\n\n\u201cPort Fourchon has felt the impacts from the lack of offshore lease sales but this new five year plan brings back the certainty we need to regain our energy independence, strengthen our local economy with good paying jobs, and deliver more resources for our hurricane protection projects to safeguard industries critical to our nation\u2019s energy and national security,\u201d said Greater Lafourche Port Commission Executive Director Chett Chiasson.\n\n\u201cLouisiana is one of the world\u2019s leading markets for energy production, processing, and transportation, and this offshore leasing plan further secures our state\u2019s vital role in America\u2019s energy security with a strong outlook for future lease sales in the Gulf of America. Not only will this plan solidify billions in economic impact, including high-wage jobs for our region over the next five years, but it also offers the stability this industry needs to continue to invest and grow for the future,\u201d said GNO, Inc. President and CEO Michael Hecht.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "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://scalise.house.gov/press-releases/Scalise-Applauds-Trumps-Strong-5-Year-Offshore-Leasing-Plan"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9854440577328205, "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"}