{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-releases/hoeven-lummis-call-on-stb-to-restore-coal-producer-representation-on-energy-transportation-advisory-committee", "Hoeven, Lummis Call on STB to Restore Coal Producer Representation on Energy Transportation Advisory Committee", "2022-11-23", "2022", "2022-11", "Republican", "Senate", "ND", "John Hoeven", "H001061", "www.hoeven.senate.gov", "hoeven", "https://www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-releases", "scraper", "Hoeven, Lummis Call on STB to Restore Coal Producer Representation on Energy Transportation Advisory Committee\n\nBISMARCK, N.D. \u2013 Senator John Hoeven joined Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) in calling on the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to fill the three vacant seats on the STB\u2019s Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee (RETAC) with coal industry representatives. Under its charter, the committee is to have a balanced representation of the nation\u2019s energy industries, with no fewer than three members from the coal industry, to help ensure the STB is properly informed and can address issues impacting the transportation of energy resources. However, coal producers are currently unrepresented on the committee, and the three available seats have been vacant for more than two years.\n\n\u201cCoal remains the largest volume commodity on our nation\u2019s railways,\u201d wrote the senators. \u201cMissed trains and large delays caused by a lack of crews and irregular schedules have forced some coal mines to limit the production of coal, which ultimately results in lost jobs, despite the high demand and abundantly available resource\u2026 As part of your continued oversight of the rail industry to ensure the railroads meet their obligations and commitments for all types of commodities, we ask that you fill the vacant coal production seats on the committee without delay.\u201d\n\nHoeven and Lummis were joined in this effort by Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.). The full text of the letter can be read here.\n\n-###-", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:38:01Z"]], "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.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-releases/hoeven-lummis-call-on-stb-to-restore-coal-producer-representation-on-energy-transportation-advisory-committee"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3749010395258665, "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"}