{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://cleaver.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-cleaver-highlights-federal-home-loan-bank-review-applauds-biden", "Rep. Cleaver Highlights Federal Home Loan Bank Review, Applauds Biden Administration\u2019s Efforts to Strengthen Housing and Community Development", "2023-11-09", "2023", "2023-11", "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) highlighted this week\u2019s release of the Federal Housing Finance Agency\u2019s (FHFA) FHLBank System at 100: Focusing on the Future report, the first comprehensive review of the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) System in decades. The FHLBank system has played a key role in the nation\u2019s housing finance system since its creation over 90 years ago.\n\n\u201cWhen I speak with families in my congressional district and across the country, I am constantly reminded about the affordable housing crisis that is weighing down families and limiting economic opportunity in communities. I\u2019m pleased that FHFA Director Sandra Thompson and the Biden Administration are taking important steps to evaluate how the FHLBanks can increase support for affordable housing and community development and continue to serve as a stable and reliable source of liquidity for their members\u201d said Congressman Cleaver. \u201cFor nearly a century, the FHLBank System has supported low-income housing and community development, either directly or by extending low-cost liquidity to members so they can serve their communities. However, the System itself and the realities of the mortgage market and broader financial system have evolved significantly since the FHLBank System was created in 1932. I\u2019m pleased to see the Biden Administration\u2019s commitment to ensuring the FHLBanks are efficient, stable, and best positioned to meet their mission \u2014 and I look forward to working with the FHFA in implementing key recommendations in the report.\n\nThe FHLBank System at 100: Focusing on the Future initiative featured robust public engagement over the course of the past year, including listening sessions and regional roundtables as well as multiple opportunities for written input from stakeholders. FHFA drew on the feedback received through this public engagement along with its own extensive analysis when preparing the report, which includes recommendations for how the FHLBank System could effectively fulfill its mission. FHFA expects the initiative to continue as a multi-year, collaborative effort with stakeholders to address the recommended actions in the report.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "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/rep-cleaver-highlights-federal-home-loan-bank-review-applauds-biden"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8135577663779259, "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"}