{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://foster.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-foster-donates-paycheck-shutdown-northern-illinois-food-bank", "Rep. Foster Donates Paycheck from Shutdown to Northern Illinois Food Bank", "2025-12-05", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "IL", "Bill Foster", "F000454", "foster.house.gov", "foster", "https://foster.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Geneva, IL \u2014 Today, Representative Bill Foster (D-IL) fulfilled his pledge and donated the salary he received during the government shutdown to the Northern Illinois Food Bank. During the Republican shutdowns in 2013 and 2019, Rep. Foster also donated his pay to the food bank.\n\n\u201cEven before the government shutdown, increasing grocery costs and Republican cuts to SNAP have left too many families in Illinois struggling to put food on the table. During the shutdown, Trump did everything he could to avoid fully funding SNAP and leave families without their food assistance. Now, Trump\u2019s USDA is threatening to withhold SNAP funding from Democratic-led states if they don\u2019t hand over SNAP recipients\u2019 personal information.\n\n\u201cWhile uncertainty over SNAP funding still remains, I\u2019m happy to support the Northern Illinois Food Bank. They have been an invaluable resource to those in our community struggling with hunger and food insecurity, and I\u2019m committed to doing everything I can in Congress to support their work by pushing back against SNAP cuts and fighting for a more affordable future,\u201d said Rep. Foster.\n\nEarlier this year, Republicans passed a budget bill that put 360,000 people in Illinois at risk of losing their SNAP benefits\u2014the largest cut to food assistance in U.S. history.\n\nThe Northern Illinois Food Bank is a non-profit organization focused on providing food to those in need across northern Illinois.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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/rep-foster-donates-paycheck-shutdown-northern-illinois-food-bank"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6485829837620258, "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"}