{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://cleaver.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-cleaver-modernization-committee-release-final-report", "Rep. Cleaver, Modernization Committee Release Final Report", "2022-12-20", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "Emanuel Cleaver", "C001061", "cleaver.house.gov", "cleaver", "https://cleaver.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "(Washington, D.C.) \u2013 Today, following a four-year effort to increase the functionality, efficiency, and effectiveness of Congress, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress (Modernization Committee) released their final report, which includes more than 200 bipartisan recommendations to improve the institution.\n\n\u201cWhen Democrats re-took the House majority in 2019, one of our first actions was to install the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress to find ways in which we could make the People\u2019s House work more efficiently and effectively for the American people,\u201d said Congressman Cleaver. \u201cI am grateful to my Democratic colleagues for entrusting me to sit on this committee for two terms, where I took their confidence in my civility and ability to work across the aisle to improve this institution extremely seriously. Four years and more than 200 bipartisan recommendations later, I am incredibly proud of not only the work we\u2019ve accomplished, but the example we\u2019ve set: that Democrats and Republicans can engage in respectful debate, seek common ground, and come together to produce meaningful reforms that will benefit our constituents and the lawmaking process. As the Modernization Committee comes to a close, I want to thank Chairman Kilmer for his leadership, my colleagues on the committee for their willingness to put people over politics, and the bipartisan committee staff for helping make the last four years a success.\u201d\n\nOver the past four years, the Modernization Committee has passed more than 200 recommendations to improve the functionality of Congress, including items such as making the Office of Diversity and Inclusion permanent; promoting civility during New Member Orientation, improving access to congressional websites for individuals with disabilities; and more. Of the 202 bipartisan recommendations, 45 have been fully implemented and 87 have been partially implemented.\n\nThe Modernization Committee\u2019s official final report is available here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "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-modernization-committee-release-final-report"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3202279806137085, "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"}