{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221024456/http://www.vitter.senate.gov/newsroom/press/vitter-to-oppose-ron-binz-nomination-to-chair-ferc-", "Vitter to Oppose Ron Binz Nomination to Chair FERC", "2013-09-25", "2013", "2013-09", "Republican", "House", "LA", "David Vitter", "V000127", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Vitter to Oppose Ron Binz Nomination to Chair FERC \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWednesday, September 25, 2013\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t(Washington, D.C.) \u2013 U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) today issued the following statement opposing President Obama\u2019s nomination of Ron Binz to be Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Committee (FERC). The nominee would go before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.\n\u201cThe Obama administration has been on a witch hunt to shut down hydraulic fracturing, and unfortunately this nominee fits in with that crowd,\u201d Vitter said. \u201cThere has been such positive progress with natural gas \u2013 clearly the brightest spot in our otherwise slumping economy \u2013 so as long as Ron Binz remains opposed to developing our nation\u2019s natural gas and fossil fuels, I\u2019ll be opposing his nomination. I would encourage Sen. Landrieu, a member of the Energy committee, to stand for Louisiana jobs and oppose the nomination, and not let Washington insiders convince her otherwise.\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/20140221024456/http://www.vitter.senate.gov/newsroom/press/vitter-to-oppose-ron-binz-nomination-to-chair-ferc-"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9960699826478958, "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"}