{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://hartzler.house.gov/press-release/hartzler-and-house-vote-alleviate-epa-burdens-placed-americas-job-creators", "Hartzler and House vote to alleviate EPA burdens placed on America's job creators", "2014-11-20", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "MO", "Vicky Hartzler", "H001053", "hartzler.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (MO-4) and the House have taken an important step toward easing the Environmental Protection Agency burdens placed on businesses by approving bills to reduce EPA red tape while increasing EPA transparency and accountability. The House has approved three bills: the EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act, H.R. 1422, to establish board member qualifications; the Secret Science Reform Act, H.R. 4012, to prohibit the EPA from finalizing a regulation unless the public has access to the data used; and the Promoting New Manufacturing Act, H.R. 4795, which would bring much needed transparency to the EPA permitting process.\n\u201cThese bills will aid American job creators by allowing businesses to grow without fear of overregulation from environmental extremists,\u201d Hartzler said. \u201cThe EPA continues to burden small businesses with red tape. I am pleased to work towards stopping these unnecessary and unjustified regulations, which hamper job creation and wage growth.\u201d\n\u201cThe Environmental Protection Agency needs accountability, and these common sense bills will work toward that end,\u201d Hartzler added. \u201cAnd, by making all scientific and technical information used by the EPA available to the public before action is taken by the agency, transparency in EPA dealings is ensured. The information the agency uses to make some of its burdensome rules should not be kept from the public. Americans have the right to know this information, and Congress has a responsibility to make sure all agencies operate in a way that serves the best interests of all Americans.\u201d\nHaving passed the House, the three bills now move to the Senate for its consideration.\nCongresswoman Hartzler serves on the House Agriculture, Armed Services, and Budget Committees.", 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": ["http://hartzler.house.gov/press-release/hartzler-and-house-vote-alleviate-epa-burdens-placed-americas-job-creators"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4142808504402637, "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"}