{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221004803/http://robbishop.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=363198", "IN THE NEWS: Park Service director orders fracking comments withdrawn", "2013-12-03", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "UT", "Rob Bishop", "B001250", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis asked that comments the US Department of the Interior agency submitted about the Bureau of Land Management\u2019s proposed hydraulic fracturing and well stimulation regulations on public and Indian lands be withdrawn, Jarvis said in a Nov. 12 letter to US Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah). Bishop released the letter on Nov. 26.\n\u201cThe inclusion of a quote from an article on the New York Times op-ed page was inappropriate,\u201d Jarvis wrote Bishop in response to a Sept. 6 letter the chairman of the House Natural Resource Committee\u2019s Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Subcommittee sent him.\nCitations of peer-review scientific studies did not include references to support technical comments that were submitted, Jarvis continued. \u201cIn addition, the comments did not receive appropriate review and were not signed,\u201d he told Bishop. \u201cFor these reasons, I have asked that these comments be withdrawn from the record.\u201d\nAs he released Jarvis\u2019 letter, Bishop said, \u201cIt concerns me that the National Park Service attempted to pass off unsubstantiated information as \u2018science.\u2019 This thinly veiled attempt to vilify energy production and hydraulic fracturing on our public lands illustrates a shared agenda between the administration and anti-energy special interest groups.\u201d\nHe said he was pleased the NPS director was having the comments rescinded, and hoped that, moving forward, the agency \u201cwill direct [its] efforts toward promoting the responsible use of our diverse lands and resources and away from misleading the American people.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://web.archive.org/web/20140221004803/http://robbishop.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=363198"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9352718479931355, "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"}