{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://foster.house.gov/media/press-releases/foster-announces-over-870000-returned-constituents-2023", "Foster Announces Over $870,000 Returned to Constituents in 2023", "2023-12-21", "2023", "2023-12", "Democrat", "House", "IL", "Bill Foster", "F000454", "foster.house.gov", "foster", "https://foster.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Naperville, IL \u2013 Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) announced that his office returned a total of $874,362 to constituents in 2023.\n\n\"Making sure my constituents receive effective and efficient services from my office has been my priority ever since I began serving them in Congress,\u201d said Foster. \u201cChief among those services is assistance working with federal agencies like the IRS, VA, and the Social Security Administration to recover money owed to my constituents. I\u2019m proud my office was able to intercede on behalf of so many constituents and help secure the benefits and compensation they\u2019ve earned.\u201d\n\nConstituents in need of assistance can find information and contact our office at foster.house.gov/services/help-federal-agency.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "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://foster.house.gov/media/press-releases/foster-announces-over-870000-returned-constituents-2023"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6859739553183317, "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"}