{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://barr.house.gov/press-releases?ID=98423654-329C-4A6D-A33E-AA7E4B33E554", "Barr Backs Trump on Removing Lisa Cook from Federal Reserve Board", "2025-08-27", "2025", "2025-08", "Republican", "House", "KY", "Andy Barr", "B001282", "barr.house.gov", "barr", "https://barr.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.\u2014Today, U.S. Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, backed President Trump\u2019s decision to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Barr released the following statement:\n\n\u201cThe Federal Reserve is the top bank regulator in the country. As a consequence, Fed Governors assume a duty to avoid even the appearance of impropriety in their personal financial matters. By removing for cause a Fed Governor who either intentionally committed mortgage fraud or demonstrated gross negligence in applying for a mortgage, President Trump is doing a service to the country. Fed independence doesn\u2019t mean that the Fed is wholly immune from accountability.\u201d\n\nFederal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has been accused of claiming two different homes as \u201cprimary residences\u201d potentially enabling her to make lower downpayments and obtain lower interest rates for her mortgages.\n\nAs the Wall Street Journal noted in reporting on Cook\u2019s ouster, \u201cThe Federal Reserve Act, first adopted in 1913, provides 14-year terms for Fed governors, \u201cunless sooner removed for cause by the President.\u201d \u201cThe statute doesn\u2019t define cause, but laws establishing other independent agencies typically refer to neglect of duty, inefficiency or malfeasance as grounds for removal.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T14:57:50Z"]], "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": ["https://barr.house.gov/press-releases?ID=98423654-329C-4A6D-A33E-AA7E4B33E554"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7131260354071856, "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"}