{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://valadao.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1480", "Congressman Valadao Opposes  Governor Newsom\u2019s Misguided Refinery Mandate", "2024-08-30", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "House", "CA", "David G. Valadao", "V000129", "valadao.house.gov", "valadao", "https://valadao.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-22) joined Congressman Vince Fong (CA-20) in a letter to Governor Newsom urging him to reconsider his proposal to force refineries to withhold supply from the market. This proposal threatens to shutter California refineries, putting gasoline availability at risk for California, Nevada, and Arizona residents.\n\n\u201cGovernor Newsom\u2019s misguided refinery supply mandate would once again raise gas prices for Central Valley families,\u201d said Congressman Valadao. \u201cFrom consistently raising the gas tax to restricting permits, this administration has repeatedly demonstrated that they care more about appeasing the environmental lobby than helping middle-class Californians struggling with rising energy prices. I will continue to urge the Governor to abandon his regulatory assault on oil and gas production in California.\u201d\n\n\u201cGovernor Newsom continues to show his lack of understanding in the area of energy production,\u201d said Congressman Fong. \u201cThis unworkable mandate will not only affect Californians, but also our neighboring states like Arizona and Nevada who rely on our gasoline supply. Newsom is intentionally increasing gas prices when Californians are already struggling to afford to live and work in the state. For Californians and the rest of the country, Governor Newsom must stop this irresponsible refinery mandate.\u201d\n\nIn their letter to Governor Newsom, the lawmakers highlighted that similar attempts in northeastern states were proven to be detrimental to markets and prices:\n\n\u201cA similar stockpile effort attempted in the northeastern states failed miserably, proving that your proposal will have detrimental effects on gasoline prices across the states that depend on California\u2019s gasoline. While you claim that withholding supply will lower gas prices, your own Energy Commission recently stated that this will likely artificially constrict gasoline supply and increase prices,\u201d the lawmakers wrote.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"]], "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://valadao.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1480"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0022800415754318, "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"}