{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://cleaver.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cleavers-statement-retirement-hud-secretary-marcia-fudge", "Congressman Cleaver\u2019s Statement on the Retirement of HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge", "2024-03-13", "2024", "2024-03", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "Emanuel Cleaver", "C001061", "cleaver.house.gov", "cleaver", "https://cleaver.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "(Washington, D.C.) \u2013 Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement after Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge announced her retirement this week.\n\n\u201cWhether in local government, Congress or at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Marcia Fudge has been a champion for hardworking families and underserved communities for decades, working tirelessly to support the needs of American families in every corner of the country.\n\n\u201cUnder her leadership at HUD, Secretary Fudge helped more than 2 million families stay in their homes and avoid foreclosure, assisted roughly 1.2 million individuals experiencing homelessness, funded the construction of more than 2 million units of public and multifamily housing, and relentlessly advanced the vision of fair and affordable housing for all.\n\n\u201cParade Park, a 500-unit affordable housing development which sits on the front porch of downtown Kansas City, would never be redeveloped with community input if not for the efforts of Secretary Fudge, and I\u2019m incredibly grateful for her partnership in working with our community to preserve one of the nation\u2019s oldest black-owned housing cooperatives.\n\n\u201cFrom investing in America\u2019s affordable housing stock, to enforcing fair housing laws, to leading the charge against homelessness in the United States, and so much more, Secretary Fudge is a testament to the impact that public servants can have on our communities, and the entire country owes her a debt of gratitude for her service to the nation.\n\n\u201cAs she enters the next chapter of her remarkable life, I wish her the best, along with a happy and peaceful retirement.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T20:32:04Z"]], "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://cleaver.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cleavers-statement-retirement-hud-secretary-marcia-fudge"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0494827292859554, "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"}