{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20150110145517/http://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=28b38984-b9b0-4752-9c7e-f14b480f5425", "Alexander Statement on Interior Department Rule Change", "2013-12-06", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "TN", "Lamar Alexander", "A000360", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Says Interior Department rule grants \u201cfederal hunting licenses\u201d to kill eagles\n***\n\u201cBy now it\u2019s no secret this administration will go to great lengths to tilt the scales to benefit the wind industry at great cost to taxpayers, and at the cost of killing a great symbol of our freedoms, the American bald eagle.\u201d \u2013 Lamar Alexander\u00a0\nNASHVILLE, Dec. 6 \u2013 U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today made the following statement regarding the Interior Department\u2019s announced rule revision that will extend from five to 30 years permits allowing renewable energy projects to kill or injure American bald eagles:\n\u201cBy now it\u2019s no secret this administration will go to great lengths to tilt the scales to benefit the wind industry at great cost to taxpayers, and at the cost of killing a great symbol of freedom, the American bald eagle,\u201d Alexander said. \u201cIt\u2019s appalling that after bringing the American bald eagle back from the brink of extinction, today\u2019s Interior Department announcement grants renewable energy projects what is essentially a federal hunting licenses to kill\u00a0not only American bald eagles, but also golden eagles. We need even treatment of the law for energy development, regardless of source, and this revised rule misses the mark by giving continued leniency to renewable energy projects, such as wind farms.\u201d\nThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimated annual bird mortality from wind energy production to be approximately 440,000 in its fiscal year 2013 budget justification, and the figure is expected to exceed one million as more wind turbines are put in service.\n# # #", 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/20150110145517/http://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=28b38984-b9b0-4752-9c7e-f14b480f5425"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.146426122635603, "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"}