{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://zinke.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-zinke-slams-biden-killing-american-energy", "Congressman Zinke Slams Biden for Killing American Energy", "2023-03-13", "2023", "2023-03", "Republican", "House", "MT", "Ryan K. Zinke", "Z000018", "zinke.house.gov", "zinke", "https://zinke.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, Western Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke released the following statement on President Biden\u2019s Alaskan Willow Project approval decision. President Biden continued his war on American energy by only approving 3/5 pads for drilling. Disapproving two pads comes as no surprise after the President campaigned on killing domestic production causing Americans to rely on adversaries for energy.\n\n\u201cMake no mistake, the approval of three pads is not a victory - it\u2019s a kick in the pants,\u201d Zinke said. \u201cBy only approving three, Biden is doing the absolute bare minimum while still promising regulatory harassment. The President is heading into an uphill election year and desperate to say he supports American energy but doesn\u2019t have the grit to stand up to the radical environmentalists who pull the strings behind the scenes. The Trump Administration handed Joe Biden a long-term, viable American energy solution, all they had to do was keep current course and speed. Complete failure.\u201d\n\nBackground\n\nIn 2016 ConocoPhillips drilled exploratory wells and found significant pay.\n\n2017 Secretary Zinke signed a Secretarial Order to reopen Alaska\u2019s National Petroleum. Reserve (an area specifically set aside by Congress for exactly this purpose) and the Coastal Plain to oil and gas development.\n\n2018, ConocoPhillips formally submitted a proposal for development to Secretary Zinke.\n\nIn 2020 the project was approved after two years of regulatory review.\n\nSince 2021 the project has been wrapped up in legal review and revision. It now awaits a ROD with the Administration.\n\nAbout\n\nWillow would create more than 1,500 full and part time jobs in energy, construction, transportation, and other support industries.\n\nThe project has significant geologic potential to support 250 wells over 30 years.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T23:30:02Z"]], "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://zinke.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-zinke-slams-biden-killing-american-energy"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7542090024799109, "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"}