{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://zinke.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-zinke-votes-protect-americas-strategic-petroleum-reserve-china", "Congressman Zinke Votes To Protect America\u2019s Strategic Petroleum Reserve From China", "2023-01-13", "2023", "2023-01", "Republican", "House", "MT", "Ryan K. Zinke", "Z000018", "zinke.house.gov", "zinke", "https://zinke.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke co-sponsored the Protecting America\u2019s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) From China Act introduced by Representative McMorris Rodgers (R-WA). This vote places restricting measures on the Secretary of Energy from selling products from the SPR to any entity owned, under the control or influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or to any other entity that intends to export to China.\n\nThis action protects Americans from bad actors around the world who have negative intentions for our country\u2019s economic prosperity, are lax on environmental regulations that cause harm on our natural resources and are positioning themselves at a threatening angle to our national security.\n\nCongressman Zinke released this statement following his vote:\n\n\u201cIt is inexcusable of the Biden administration to sell off an ounce of our Strategic Petroleum Reserve to anyone other than the American people, much less the Chinese Communist Party,\u201d said Zinke. \u201cThe simple answer to providing relief to Americans and jobs to Montanans is to take the handcuffs off American energy producers and get back to doing business here where it is safer for our land, places us in a better strategic position for national security and puts money back into the American economy. Instead, Biden would rather fist bump over crooked deals with Middle Eastern terrorists, Chinese communists, and shady characters in South America.\u201d\n\nBACKGROUND:\n\nStarting in 2021, the Biden administration began its war on American energy causing a loss of thousands of jobs, record-breaking inflation and placed America in a vulnerable position by forcing us to rely on energy sources outside our borders. Now, Americans are paying more to fuel their cars, heat their homes and put food on the table. Meanwhile, the executive branch still has no effective plan to bring relief leaving it up to the Republican House majority to correct their mistakes.\n\nTIMELINE:\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\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T23:08:17Z"]], "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-protect-americas-strategic-petroleum-reserve-china"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8044629357755184, "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"}