{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://zinke.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-zinke-votes-lower-energy-costs-montana", "Congressman Zinke Votes to Lower Energy Costs for Montana", "2023-03-29", "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 voted in support of H.R. 1 \u2013 the Lower Energy Costs Act. This legislation was the top priority for House Republicans in the 118th Congress.\n\nThe Lowering Energy Costs Act focuses on spurring responsible development of domestic energy and mineral resources, eliminating burdensome permitting requirements, creating jobs, and securing our supply chains and energy infrastructure. This is an integral piece of legislation to Rep. Zinke\u2019s work on energy and climate solutions that reverse the damage done by President Biden\u2019s agenda from day one to shut down our energy production and make us reliant on China.\n\n\u201cA little over two years ago, America wasn\u2019t just energy independent - America was energy dominant. We gave Biden a blueprint for a clean, safe, efficient, and inexpensive energy policy and economy that benefitted from it. He threw it in the garbage and Montanans have paid for it though high electricity bills and price gouges at the fuel pump since,\u201d Zinke said. \u201cH.R. 1 puts logic back into energy policy. We shouldn\u2019t be fist-bumping over oil deals with war criminals, Chinese Communists or terrorists when we have what we need under our boots.\u201d\n\nBACKGROUND:\n\nJanuary 2021 \u2013 Biden revokes the Keystone XL pipeline permit\n\nJanuary 2021 \u2013 Biden blocks federal oil and gas leases\n\nJanuary 2022 \u2013 Biden revokes Alaska NPRA lease sale\n\nFebruary 2022 \u2013 Biden begs Saudis for oil\n\nMarch 2022 \u2013 Biden releases first batch of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve\n\nJune 2022 \u2013 Gas prices hit an all-time national high average at $5 per gallon\n\nJune 2022 \u2013 Gas prices in Montana hit an all-time average high at $4.97 per gallon of gasoline - $5.91 for diesel", 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-votes-lower-energy-costs-montana"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9699410293251276, "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"}