{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=dafb79b0-289d-400b-b430-bb843da1a8f3", "Thune Statement on Obama Administrations Rejection of Keystone XL Pipeline", "2015-11-06", "2015", "2015-11", "Republican", "House", "SD", "John Thune", "T000250", "www.thune.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON  U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) issued the following statement after the Obama administration announced it has denied TransCanadas permit application to build the long-stalled Keystone XL pipeline:\r\nI would say that Im surprised, but with President Obamas commitment to appeasing the far-left environmental wing of his political base, todays decision is par for the course, said Thune. The Obama administration has spent seven years delaying this common-sense project. It has reviewed thousands of public comments and completed five environmental impact statements  all of which found the pipeline would have no significant impact on the environment. The pipeline would immediately support thousands of shovel-ready jobs during construction, including 3,000-4,000 in South Dakota alone. The only explanation for todays decision is that the administration has squeezed from this projects unnecessary delay every last bit of political expediency that remained.\r\nApproving the Keystone XL pipeline was a priority for the Republican-led Senate. In January, more than 60 senators supported a bill that would have approved this project. After the bipartisan legislation cleared the House of Representatives, President Obama vetoed the bill.", 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.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=dafb79b0-289d-400b-b430-bb843da1a8f3"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.164197154343128, "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"}