{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://horn.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=290", "Rep. Horn to IRS: Disclose Stimulus Check Delivery Problems", "2020-06-23", "2020", "2020-06", "Democrat", "House", "OK", "Kendra Horn", "H001083", "horn.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Rep. Horn to IRS: Disclose Stimulus Check Delivery Problems \r\n   Taxpayers waiting for relief face barriers to receiving checks; lawmakers offer help in fixing stimulus check program \r\n     \r\n\r\n  \r\n  \r\n    \r\n      WASHINGTON DC,\r\n      June 23, 2020\r\n    \r\n     | \r\n    Chris MacKenzie\r\n    ((202) 309-7010)\r\n  \r\n  \r\n\r\n  \r\n\r\n  \r\n  \r\n  \r\n\r\n  \r\n    \r\n      WASHINGTON, D.C. This week, Congresswoman Kendra Horn (OK-5) joined a coalition of lawmakers calling on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) todisclose roadblocks they are facing delivering economic impact payments.Three months after passage of the CARES Act, an estimated35 million Americansare still waiting ontheirstimulus checks. The IRSeconomic impact paymentshotline is frequently jammed and constituents report difficulty receiving assistance.Congresswoman Horn's letter to the IRS isavailablehere.\r\nOklahomanswho arestruggling to makeends meetduringthe pandemicneed help now, said Congresswoman Kendra Horn. Three months ago we passedeconomic impact payments,historic unemployment assistance,andsmall business aid in the CARES Act. I've heardfromhundreds ofOklahomans whoare still waiting ontheir stimulus checks.Our work is not over until every Oklahoman has received the assistance they need. We knowthe IRS hasmade a significant efforttodeliver relief toalleligible individualsespeciallygiven theagency'shistoric underfunding.I'm calling on theIRStodisclosethebarriers this program facesand report the resources theyneed to finish the job.\r\nDuring the pandemic,Congresswoman Hornhas helpedmore than800 constituents receive pandemic relief, including277 peoplewithstimuluschecksand IRS issues. Congresswoman Horn'sofficeregularly offers one-one-one assistance with federal agencies to help residents of Oklahoma's 5th District. During her first term, Congresswoman Horn has already helped constituents recovermore than$1,100,000 from federal agencies.\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://horn.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=290"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8969379123300314, "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"}