{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stauber.house.gov/media/press-releases/stauber-celebrates-minnesota-victories-interior-appropriations-legislation", "Stauber Celebrates Minnesota Victories in Interior Appropriations Legislation", "2023-11-03", "2023", "2023-11", "Republican", "House", "MN", "Pete Stauber", "S001212", "stauber.house.gov", "stauber", "https://stauber.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) joined the majority of his House colleagues in passing H.R. 4821, the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY2024, which contains many legislative wins for Minnesota\u2019s Eighth Congressional District.\n\nOf this legislation\u2019s passage, Congressman Stauber stated, \u201cSince President Biden took office, he has implemented policies that are anti-mining, anti-American energy production, and anti-farmer. This year\u2019s Interior Appropriations bill would help stop Biden\u2019s harmful agenda in its tracks. I am especially excited that it contains a number of wins for northeast Minnesota, including a provision to roll back the Department of Interior\u2019s harmful mineral withdrawal in the Duluth Complex. I now urge my Senate colleagues \u2013 particularly Minnesota\u2019s Senators \u2013 to take this legislation up immediately because we can't afford any more of Biden's 'anywhere but America, any worker but American' mining and energy policies.\"\n\nHere are the top provisions included in this appropriations package that would benefit Minnesota\u2019s Eighth District:\n\nReinstate mineral leases in northeast Minnesota.\n\nBlock the Secretary of the Interior\u2019s mineral withdrawal in the Superior National Forest.\n\nRepeal the recent Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, which has been harmful to Minnesota\u2019s farmers, landowners, and small businesses.\n\nRequire the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the final rule removing the gray wolf from the list of threatened and endangered wildlife.\n\nReverse the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s abuse of the Endangered Species Act by delisting the Northern Long-Eared Bat. This unnecessary listing has stifled responsible logging and forest management in Minnesota\u2019s Eighth District.\n\nFund critical infrastructure projects in Bemidji, Braham, and Silver Bay.\n\nStauber also had two amendments added to this legislation that would prevent the Biden Administration from making the broken NEPA system even worse. NEPA is currently filled with duplicative red-tape and is all too often weaponized by litigious groups, making it near impossible for important projects to move forward.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "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://stauber.house.gov/media/press-releases/stauber-celebrates-minnesota-victories-interior-appropriations-legislation"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5103528276085854, "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"}