{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.rosen.senate.gov/2026/07/31/rosen-joins-colleagues-in-demanding-trump-administration-restore-funding-for-energy-projects-that-were-illegally-canceled/", "Rosen Joins Colleagues in Demanding Trump Administration Restore Funding for Energy Projects That Were Illegally Canceled", "2026-07-31", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "Senate", "NV", "Jacky Rosen", "R000608", "www.rosen.senate.gov", "rosen", "https://www.rosen.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "The Letter Follows An Admission From The Trump Administration That The Decision To Cancel Energy Project Grants In States That Did Not Vote For Trump Was \u201cBased Solely\u201d On Politics\n\nWASHINGTON, DC \u2013 U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined Senate colleagues in a letter demanding that U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Office of Management and Budget Director Russel Vought restore federal funding for the 223 energy projects they canceled in October 2025. The Trump Administration has since admitted to illegally canceling energy grants because those projects were in states that did not vote for Donald Trump in the 2024 election.\n\n\u201cNow that court documents have confirmed what we knew to be true, we write to demand that you restore previously awarded funding that the Trump administration has weaponized in an attempt to punish perceived political enemies,\u201d the Senators began.\n\n\u201cOnce an administration begins punishing Americans for how they vote, the threat extends far beyond these projects: no state, community, business, or worker can trust that the federal government will apply the law fairly,\u201d the Senators continued. \u201cThis is not only an attack on jobs, affordable energy, and America\u2019s economic competitiveness. It is an attack on the rule of law and the basic democratic principle that the federal government serves the entire country\u2014not merely those who support the President.\u201d\n\n\u201cAt a time when energy prices are skyrocketing, the administration is hell-bent on political retribution instead of working to bring down costs for millions of Americans. The American people deserve to have a government that works for them\u2014not one that is willing to push energy prices even higher and put the country\u2019s energy security at grave risk,\u201d the Senators concluded. \u201cFor the good of our country, the rule of law, and the American people, we demand that you change course and restore the previously awarded funding.\u201d\n\nThe full letter can be found HERE.\n\nSenator Rosen has fought to ensure that energy projects across Nevada have the resources they need to meet the state\u2019s energy demands. In January, she helped secure more than $49 million in Community Project Funding, which included projects to improve energy efficiency. Last year, Senator Rosen joined the rest of the Nevada delegation in sending a letter to express concerns over stalled solar energy projects in Nevada. She also successfully pushed the Trump Administration to release $3.7 billion in funding to help lower Nevadans\u2019 energy costs.\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-01T07:27:26Z", "2026-08-01T07:28:22Z"]], "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.rosen.senate.gov/2026/07/31/rosen-joins-colleagues-in-demanding-trump-administration-restore-funding-for-energy-projects-that-were-illegally-canceled/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.770612085238099, "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"}