{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=FD512945-032E-406E-9186-AA52ADFE789C", "Sen. Moran Joins Senate Colleagues to Address National Security Implications of the Biden Administration\u2019s Energy Policies", "2024-04-19", "2024", "2024-04", "Republican", "Senate", "KS", "Jerry Moran", "M000934", "www.moran.senate.gov", "moran", "https://www.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) joined his Senate colleagues to address the Biden administration\u2019s American energy restrictions while foreign adversaries like Iran continue to produce and export oil around the world.\"\n\n\u201cWe earn a living in Kansas, and we produce lots of energy from lots of sources,\u201d said Sen. Moran. \u201cThat energy creates jobs, helps families and makes life better for Kansans. Energy is a significant component of our country\u2019s future. It matters economically and for our national security.\u201d\n\n\u201cIt is a terrible decision by the administration to pause on the export of liquified natural gas,\u201d continued Sen. Moran. \u201cOur allies and friends need the resources that the United States can provide. We should be the energy leader of the world.\u201d\n\n\u201cIran is the largest exporter of terrorism in the world, and they afford to be that by producing and selling oil,\u201d said Sen. Moran. \u201cCongress has passed law after law to impose sanctions on Iran. The administration announced more sanctions on Iran, but the reality is this administration fails to support the sanctions that are already in place. We have put bipartisan sanctions in place time and time again and yet, since the Biden administration took office, Iran oil exports have increased at alarming rates. Iranian oil production is at a five-year high. Iran sells 90 percent of its oil to China at discounted rates \u2013 freeing up money for China to seek their aggression in the South China Sea and around the world.\u201d\n\n\u201cIt is time for us to be and remain the producer of our own energy sources and protect and serve our allies and most importantly, not reward our enemies,\u201d concluded Sen. Moran.\n\nClick HERE to Watch Sen. Moran\u2019s Statement", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:04:43Z"]], "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.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=FD512945-032E-406E-9186-AA52ADFE789C"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1905599385499954, "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"}