{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://upton.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398375", "House passes bipartisan legislation to approve job-creating Keystone XL energy project", "2014-11-14", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "MI", "Fred Upton", "U000031", "upton.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Today marks the ninth time the House has voted to advance construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which has been tied up in red tape now for over six years. \r\n          share:\r\n          f \r\n          t \r\n        \r\n      \r\n      The U.S. House of Representatives today approved bipartisan legislation \u2013 H.R. 5682 \u2013 to approve the application for the Keystone XL pipeline. The landmark energy project is estimated to support tens of thousands of U.S. jobs and provide for the delivery of affordable North American energy supplies. But despite the untold economic benefits and the environmental \u201cgreen light\u201d from the U.S. Department of State, the project has remained tied up in red tape for more than six years. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, praised today\u2019s bipartisan vote of 252 to 161. A vote on the legislation is expected in the U.S. Senate next week. \u201cPresident Obama famously proclaimed in January 2013 that he would do \u2018whatever it takes\u2019 to create jobs and 2014 was renamed the President's so-called \u2018Year of Action.\u2019 But when the chips are down, President Obama is incapable of saying \u2018yes\u2019 to a project that would create thousands of American jobs and advance our energy security. But despite the President\u2019s excuses, we haven\u2019t given up on finding a bipartisan solution,\u201d said Upton. \u201cHopefully, this ninth vote is the charm, and the Senate and President will finally agree that after six years, it\u2019s time to say yes to energy and yes to jobs.\u201d The Keystone XL project has been exhaustively studied with more than 22,000 pages of federal environmental review. It is also expected to be one of the safest pipelines ever built, adhering to the new pipeline safety standards that were advanced by Upton and Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., and signed into law by the President in January 2012.", 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://upton.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398375"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7571838796138763, "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"}