{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://shimkus.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/house-focuses-on-energy-this-week", "House Focuses on Energy This Week", "2013-11-21", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "IL", "John Shimkus", "S000364", "shimkus.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC -\u00a0Congressman John Shimkus (R, Illinois-15) supported House passage of three bills in Washington this week that is consistent with an all-of-the-above energy policy he has advocated for years.\nOn Wednesday the Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act (HR 1965) and the Protecting States\u2019 Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act (HR 2728) both passed.\u00a0 Thursday the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act (HR 1900) passed.\u00a0 All had bipartisan support and now move to the Senate.\n\u201cWhile our reliance on foreign oil is decreasing, we must continue to press for more domestic and North American energy exploration and advancement,\u201d Shimkus said.\u00a0 \u201cDrilling for oil and gas, building pipelines and terminals, and allowing the states to maintain some regulatory permissions are vital to growing our economy.\u201d\nThe Federal Lands Jobs legislation deals with onshore energy production by requiring new lease sales and timely permit approval.\u00a0 \u201cThe production on federal lands is down to levels not seen since the \u201880s,\u201d Shimkus noted.\u00a0 \u201cWe need to access our country\u2019s natural resources and speed up the process to get the wells into production.\u201d\nThe Protecting States\u2019 Rights legislation would leave the regulation of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to the states, if the state has implemented its own rules.\u00a0 \u201cI supported Illinois\u2019 passage of fracking rules and hope that IDNR can implement them as quickly as possible,\u201d Shimkus added.\nThe Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting legislation would hold agencies responsible for permitting to timelines in order to get certainty into the process.\u00a0\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://shimkus.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/house-focuses-on-energy-this-week"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.5066379457712173, "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"}