{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-introduces-bill-to-replenish-strategic-petroleum-reserve", "Cotton Introduces Bill to Replenish Strategic Petroleum Reserve", "2026-03-20", "2026", "2026-03", "Republican", "Senate", "AR", "Tom Cotton", "C001095", "www.cotton.senate.gov", "cotton", "https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\nContact: Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353\n\nMarch 20, 2026\n\nCotton Introduces Bill to Replenish Strategic Petroleum Reserve\n\nWashington, DC \u2014 Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced legislation to replenish the strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) after years of misuse and neglect under the Biden administration. The Strategic Petroleum Accumulation and Reserve Tax Alignment Act (SPARTA) Act will use revenue collected from clean electricity tax credits to support the SPR.\n\n\u201cAmerica\u2019s strategic petroleum reserve is crucial to protecting our national security and responding to energy emergencies. Unfortunately, it has been depleted after years of misuse under Joe Biden. My bill will replenish this crucial energy stockpile and shield Arkansans from paying high prices at the pump for years to come,\u201d said Senator Cotton.\n\nText of the bill can be found here.\n\nThe Strategic Petroleum Accumulation and Reserve Tax Alignment Act would:\n\nTake revenue from clean electricity tax credits and put it towards Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"]], "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://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-introduces-bill-to-replenish-strategic-petroleum-reserve"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5370859764516354, "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"}