{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://hultgren.house.gov//newsroom/press-releases/hultgren-supports-legislation-forcing-epa-to-reveal-the-science-behind", "Hultgren Supports Legislation Forcing EPA to Reveal the Science behind Regulations", "2014-11-19", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "IL", "Randy Hultgren", "H001059", "hultgren.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC \u2014 U.S. Representative Randy Hultgren (IL-14) today supported passage of H.R. 4012, the Secret Science Reform Act of 2014, a bill prohibiting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator from creating new regulations unless all scientific and technical information relied upon is made publicly available for analysis. EPA has failed to release the science behind numerous EPA regulations to both outside researches and Congress. Rep. Hultgren took to the House floor in support of H.R. 4012 which brings openness and transparency to EPA.\n\u201cEPA has repeatedly bypassed the will of the legislature and has failed to be open and transparent about the science they use to place new regulations on Americans. Americans believe in clear laws and a fair judicial system where both sides can state their case and present evidence. That is why this closed door regulatory approach is so frightening\u2014it deliberately withholds evidence from the public,\u201d said Rep. Hultgren. \u201cWhen someone accuses you of a crime in a court of law, you have the privilege of hearing the accusations in person with all of the facts made plain. In a one-two punch, EPA is circumventing Congress by writing its own laws so that Americans\u2014the defendants\u2014have no recourse through a normal legislative process, nor any chance to see what EPA is basing their claims on.\u201d\n\u00a0(Click picture to watch video)\n\u201cThis should be a strong bipartisan effort for anyone that believes their government has a duty to be accountable to the American public we serve,\u201d said Rep. Hultgren on the House floor. \u201cH.R. 4012 is a critical step in restoring the public trust necessary for EPA to accomplish its core mission.\u201d\n###", 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://hultgren.house.gov//newsroom/press-releases/hultgren-supports-legislation-forcing-epa-to-reveal-the-science-behind"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5885019674897194, "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"}