{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://jeffduncan.house.gov/press-release/rep-jeff-duncan-obama-picks-china-over-america", "Rep. Jeff Duncan: Obama picks China over America", "2015-11-06", "2015", "2015-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Jeffrey Duncan", "D000615", "jeffduncan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.  Today President Obama made the announcement to reject the Keystone XL pipeline application from energy company TransCanada. Congressman Jeff Duncan (SC-03) released the following statement criticizing the Administrations decision:\nThe Obama Administrations decision to reject the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline is outrageous. I am appalled that a lame duck President would so obviously subvert the will of the American people in the name of environmental socialism. This decision will cost thousands of American jobs and billions of dollars to American consumers, while achieving nothing of value for the environment. In fact, the oil will still be drilled and exported, but these exports will strengthen China, not the United States. \nThe American peoples march to energy independence will not be deterred by the dithering of an out of touch President. The free market has taken huge steps towards energy security in the past few years, thanks to advances in technology, and no thanks to an Administration bent on wrecking the American economy to advance its own brand of social engineering. I look forward to working with a new Republican Administration, who will undoubtedly have a greater sense of patriotic purpose and better judgment when it comes to American energy independence. The American people eagerly await the day when we have a President who puts the needs of the American people ahead of left-wing special interests.\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://jeffduncan.house.gov/press-release/rep-jeff-duncan-obama-picks-china-over-america"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9589069522917271, "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"}