{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.daines.senate.gov/2024/12/22/daines-lands-critical-committee-assignments-for-119th-congress/", "Daines Lands Critical Committee Assignments for 119th\u00a0Congress", "2024-12-22", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "MT", "Steve Daines", "D000618", "www.daines.senate.gov", "daines", "https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "U.S. SENATE \u2013 U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced his committee assignments for the 119th Congress. Daines will serve on the U.S. Senate Committees on Finance, Foreign Relations, Energy and Natural Resources, and Indian Affairs.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to serve Montanans in the U.S. Senate and I\u2019m looking forward to working with my colleagues on these crucial committees to fight for our Montana way of life. President Trump received a mandate from the American people, and with these committee assignments I\u2019ll be working to enact the President\u2019s agenda to unleash American energy, cut taxes, open overseas markets for Montana farmers and ranchers, improve America\u2019s relationships abroad, bring down costs for hardworking families, secure the southern border and stem the flow of deadly drugs,\u201d Daines said.\n\nU.S. Senate Committee on Finance: The Committee has jurisdiction over policies relating to taxation and revenue measures; customs and ports of entry and delivery; trade agreements; tariffs; transportation of dutiable goods; health programs under the Social Security Act including Medicare, Medicaid, the Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families; and Social Security.\n\nU.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: The Committee is instrumental in developing and influencing United States foreign policy. The committee has considered, debated, and reported important treaties and legislation and holds jurisdiction over all diplomatic nominations. Through these powers, the committee has helped shape foreign policy of broad significance, in matters of war and peace and international relations.\n\nU.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: The Committee has jurisdiction over energy resources and development, including regulation, conservation, strategic petroleum reserves and appliance standards; nuclear energy; forest management; public lands and their renewable resources; surface mining, federal coal, oil, and gas, other mineral leasing; territories and insular possessions; and water resources.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "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.daines.senate.gov/2024/12/22/daines-lands-critical-committee-assignments-for-119th-congress/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8454630151391029, "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"}