{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/daines-pushes-for-job-creating-projects-in-northwest-montana", "Daines Pushes for Job Creating Projects in Northwest Montana", "2017-12-12", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "MT", "Steve Daines", "D000618", "www.daines.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "12.12.17\n\t\t\t Daines Pushes for Job Creating Projects in Northwest Montana \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tU.S. SENATEU.S. Senator Steve Daines today at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing questioned Luke Russell, the Vice President of External Affairs at Hecla Mining Company, about the excessively long permitting process for the Montanore and Rock Creek projects located in Lincoln and Sanders Counties in Montana.\r\n\r\nWatch the videoHERE.\r\nDownload the videoHERE.\r\nDaines Work to Streamline Mining Permitting Process:\r\n \r\nOn June 6th2017, Daines questioned U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwellon the progress of the Montanore Mine project.\r\n \r\n \r\nOn September 7th2017, Daines highlighted his concerns over the stalled mining projects in a letter to U.S. Forest Service Chief Tony Tooke.\r\n \r\n \r\nOn September 28th2017, Daines sent Secretary Purdue and Secretary Zinke a letter, urging the Administration to prioritize the approval process for the Rock Creek and Montanore Mines.\r\n \r\nAdditional Background:\r\n \r\nThe Montanore and Rock Creek projects produce two ofonly four world-class silver and copper deposits in the U.S\r\n \r\n \r\nThe vetting process began in the early 1990s for Rock Creek Project and 2001 for the Montanore project\r\n \r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n  \n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 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://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/daines-pushes-for-job-creating-projects-in-northwest-montana"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0000369511544704, "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"}