{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/daines-we-need-to-strike-the-balance-between-protecting-the-environment-and-energy-development", "Daines: We Need to Strike the Balance Between Protecting the Environment and Energy Development", "2017-11-03", "2017", "2017-11", "Republican", "House", "MT", "Steve Daines", "D000618", "www.daines.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "11.03.17\n\t\t\t Daines: We Need to Strike the Balance Between Protecting the Environment and Energy Development \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tU.S. SENATE\u00a0\u2014 U.S. Senator Steve Daines underscored the importance of states taking the lead in both protecting the environment and energy development.\u00a0\r\nDuring yesterday\u2019s U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on the potential for oil and gas exploration and development in the non-wilderness portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Daines remarked on the important of states defining their own future, not out of state bureaucrats.\r\n\u201cIt\u2019s a bit arrogant for folks in Washington, D.C. \u2013 folks who are a long ways away from Alaska \u2013 to be in some way dictating what Alaskans want to do,\u201d\u00a0Daines stated.\u00a0\r\n\r\n\r\nClick\u00a0HERE\u00a0to download Daines\u2019 remarks.\r\nClick\u00a0HERE\u00a0to watch Daines\u2019 remarks.\u00a0\r\nDuring the hearing, Daines spoke with Lieutenant Governor Mallot, \u201cLike Alaska, Montana is home to a vibrant outdoor economy. We also are home to millions of acres of public land and wilderness. It is my understanding that Alaska has over 56 million acres of wilderness, or about 15% of the total acres, and hundreds of millions of addition federal land, totaling about 60%. Some of this federal land is suitable for hiking, some for snowmobiling, some should be left as wilderness. But some is suitable for timber production and others for mining or oil and gas production. It is important that we don\u2019t lock up land solely for the purpose of locking up land. But instead we should take a balanced approach.\u00a0Do you believe that we are taking a balanced approach by opening up Section 1002 to production, and allowing Alaska and all Americans benefit from the revenue and security generated on this land,\u201d Daines asked.\r\nMallot responded by emphasizing the importance between balancing energy development and\u00a0the environment.\u00a0\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-we-need-to-strike-the-balance-between-protecting-the-environment-and-energy-development"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9341870211064816, "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"}