{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.heitkamp.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=6ad57dc3-464c-4195-a73f-0ababfb9102a", "Heitkamp Calls on President to Approve Keystone XL Pipeline on Five Year Anniversary of Project Application", "2013-09-19", "2013", "2013-09", "Democrat", "House", "ND", "Heidi Heitkamp", "H001069", "www.heitkamp.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 On the five year anniversary of the application for the Keystone XL pipeline, U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today called on President Obama to recognize the project is in the United States\u2019 national interest and approve it.\r\nIn a letter to the President, Heitkamp explained how her trip last month to view development of the Canadian oil sands reinforced how crucial the pipeline is to the U.S.\u00a0 During the trip, she met with stakeholders in the extraction, production, and transportation industries, and discussed with Canadian officials their efforts to minimize the pipeline\u2019s impact on the environment.\r\n\u201cIt\u2019s disappointing we\u2019re at this point where five years later we still don\u2019t have an answer on the Keystone XL pipeline,\u201d said Senator Heitkamp.\u00a0 \u201cJust last month, I visited the oil sands in Canada and it only reinforced how critical the Keystone XL pipeline would be to North Dakota and the U.S.\u00a0 To my knowledge, no senior members of the Administration have visited the oil sands.\u00a0 But, in order to make an informed decision about this project, such a trip is needed to see the technology firsthand, clarify many of the issues the Administration thinks it may have with the project, and fully realize the responsible impact it could have on the U.S.\r\n\u201cIt\u2019s in our economic, national security, and energy interests to approve this pipeline from our neighbor and ally as we continue to build an all-of-the-above energy strategy that could lead us toward North American energy independence.\u00a0 This project needs to be approved.\u201d\r\nClick here to view the letter Heitkamp sent to President Obama on September 19.\r\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://www.heitkamp.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=6ad57dc3-464c-4195-a73f-0ababfb9102a"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.178758218884468, "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"}