{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://www.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news?ID=cf349d66-f913-4bd3-8cd5-aef2c162f713", "FISCHER COSPONSORS BILL TO BLOCK COSTLY NATIONAL ENERGY TAX", "2013-07-22", "2013", "2013-07", "Republican", "House", "NE", "Deb Fischer", "F000463", "www.fischer.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today announced she has cosponsored a bill to prevent President Obama from bypassing Congress to implement a costly national energy tax, which he proposed last month.\u00a0 Specifically, the \u201cNational Energy Tax Repeal Act\u201d would prohibit the issuance through a Presidential Memorandum of new carbon pollution standards for existing coal-fired power plants.\u00a0\r\n\u201cThe president\u2019s energy tax plan is bad news for Nebraskans. The bottom line is more regulations and higher costs for middle class families, who are already over-taxed and over-regulated. This reasonable legislation simply requires the president to submit his new energy tax proposal for a vote in Congress, rather than enacting it through executive fiat. The American people have a right to have their voices heard, and that means having their elected representatives weigh in,\u201d said Fischer.\r\nOn June 25th, President Obama announced that he was issuing a Presidential Memorandum to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue carbon pollution standard regulations.\u00a0 The \u201cNational Energy Tax Repeal Act\u201d makes clear that such regulations must be directed by Congress and cannot be issued by EPA unless Congress first authorizes it.\r\nThis bill introduced by Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) would:\r\n \r\nRestore Congressional authority by ensuring President Obama cannot circumvent the legislative process and the will of the American people who have opposed his cap-and-trade policies in the past.\r\nBlock a new national energy tax that, once issued, would increase energy costs for seniors, small business owners, low-income households and families.\r\nProtect jobs in an already struggling economy by preventing energy costs from increasing on American families and businesses.\r\nMake Congressional intent clear to the public by stating that Congress should act on an affordable clean energy plan, and on protecting communities from severe weather. \r\n \r\nLast month, Fischer issued a statement reacting to the President\u2019s proposal to express concern about its negative impact on Nebraskans\u2019 access to affordable, reliable energy and to call on the President to work with members of Congress to pursue bipartisan solutions that will lower energy prices for Americans.\r\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://www.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news?ID=cf349d66-f913-4bd3-8cd5-aef2c162f713"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1276048608124256, "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"}