{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.ricketts.senate.gov/news/press-releases/video-ricketts-secures-passage-of-renewable-fuels-month-resolution-on-senate-floor/", "VIDEO: Ricketts Secures Passage of Renewable Fuels Month Resolution on Senate Floor", "2026-05-21", "2026", "2026-05", "Republican", "Senate", "NE", "Pete Ricketts", "R000618", "www.ricketts.senate.gov", "ricketts", "https://www.ricketts.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/?jsf=jet-engine:press-list&pagenum=", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) called a voice vote on the Senate floor to pass his Renewable Fuels Month resolution. The resolution highlights the critical role renewable fuels, like ethanol and biodiesel, play in lowering fuel prices for consumers, unleashing American energy independence, supporting rural communities, and protecting the environment.\n\n\u201cRenewable fuels are great for consumers to help save you money at the pump.\u201d said Ricketts. \u201cLast time I filled up with a 10% blend of ethanol, I saved 55 cents a gallon at my local grocery store. My congressman has told me that he fills up with E15 is able to save $1 a gallon. It\u2019s also great for cleaning up the environment, reduces carbon emissions and particulate emissions, NOx emissions. And then, of course, it\u2019s great for our farmers and ranchers.\u201d\n\n\u201cRenewable fuels are part of an American First Energy dominance strategy. They are great for our country,\u201d said Ricketts. \u201cTo that end, I would want to make May Renewable Fuels Month, as I did in Nebraska. I made that proclamation when I was Governor. So, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to consideration of S.Res.747 which was submitted earlier today.\u201d\n\nWatch the video here.\n\nTRANSCRIPT\n\nSenator Ricketts: \u201cMr. President, I rise today to talk about the benefits of renewable fuels.\n\n\u201cMy state of Nebraska is a leader in renewable fuels.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve got 24 ethanol plants, for example, that create 2.2 billion gallons of ethanol, and that, according to Renewable Fuels Association, has allowed us to avoid importing about 640 million barrels of foreign oil.\n\n\u201cRenewable fuels are great for consumers to help save you money at the pump.\n\n\u201cLast time I filled up with a 10% blend of ethanol, I saved 55 cents a gallon at my local grocery store.\n\n\u201cMy congressman has told me that he fills up with E15 is able to save $1 a gallon.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s also great for cleaning up the environment, reduces carbon emissions and particulate emissions, NOx emissions.\n\n\u201cAnd then, of course, it\u2019s great for our farmers and ranchers.\n\n\u201cRenewable fuels are part of an American First Energy dominance strategy.\n\n\u201cThey are great for our country.\n\n\u201cTo that end, I would want to make May Renewable Fuels Month, as I did in Nebraska.\n\n\u201cI made that proclamation when I was Governor.\n\n\u201cSo, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to consideration of SRES 747 which was submitted earlier today.\u201d", 1, "2026-05-22T06:27:39Z", "2026-05-22T06:29:18Z"]], "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.ricketts.senate.gov/news/press-releases/video-ricketts-secures-passage-of-renewable-fuels-month-resolution-on-senate-floor/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7058788798749447, "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"}