{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://himes.house.gov/press-releases?ID=4F3DF142-7FA4-44BD-8CE8-8EA8FC63EA0A", "Himes Chairs Hearing on Federal Reserve Board Pandemic Response", "2021-09-23", "2021", "2021-09", "Democrat", "House", "CT", "James A. Himes", "H001047", "himes.house.gov", "himes", "https://himes.house.gov/press-releases", "page_html", "Washington, DC\u2014 Today, Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04) chaired a hearing of the National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee entitled, \u201cLending in a Crisis: Reviewing the Federal Reserve\u2019s Emergency Lending Powers During the Pandemic and Examining Proposals to Address Future Economic Crises.\u201d\n\nThe hearing examined measures taken by the Federal Reserve to bolster the economy and buttress vulnerable financial institutions during the coronavirus pandemic, including lending to facilities that support the corporate and municipal bond markets. In addition, the Federal Reserve set up systems to purchase loans made to small and mid-sized businesses by establishing the Main Street Lending Program.\n\n\u201cThe United States\u2019 economy has faced crises before, and will certainly face crises again,\u201d said Himes. \u201cOur goal for today\u2019s hearing is to learn what lessons we can from the Fed\u2019s response to the pandemic and use that knowledge to increase our preparedness and resiliency for the future.\u201d\n\nWitnesses appearing at the hearing included:\n\n\u2022 The Honorable Shawn Wooden, Treasurer, State of Connecticut, and President-Elect of the National Association of State Treasurers\n\n\u2022 Mike Konczal, Director, Macroeconomic Analysis and Progressive Thought, Roosevelt Institute\n\n\u2022 June Rhee, Director Master of Management Studies in Systemic Risk, Yale School of Management\n\n\u2022 Claudia Sahm, Senior Fellow, Jain Family Institute\n\n\u2022 Christopher Russo, Post-Graduate Research Fellow, Mercatus Center\n\nFor more information, contact Patrick Malone at Patrick.malone@mail.house.gov. The full bill is attached.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-03-30T11:08:25Z"]], "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://himes.house.gov/press-releases?ID=4F3DF142-7FA4-44BD-8CE8-8EA8FC63EA0A"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7991078309714794, "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"}