{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://lacyclay.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/statement-congressman-wm-lacy-clay-d-missouri-regarding-president-7", "STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY (D) MISSOURI REGARDING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOMINATION OF JENNIFER TIDWELL TO SERVE AS REGION VII DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT", "2013-09-25", "2013", "2013-09", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "William Clay", "C001049", "lacyclay.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "MEDIA CONTACT:\nSTEVEN ENGELHARDT (314) 504-4029\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, September 25, 2013\nSTATEMENT BY \nCONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY (D) MISSOURI\nREGARDING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOMINATION OF JENNIFER TIDWELL TO \nSERVE AS REGION VII DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT\nWASHINGTON, DC  The following is a first-person statement from Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri in reaction to President Obama's nomination of fellow Missourian Jennifer Tidwell to serve as the Region VII Director of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.\nI want to personally thank President Obama for nominating Ms. Jennifer Tidwell, a talented Missourian, to serve as the Region VII Director of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development.\nJennifer has established a distinguished record of public service as the Deputy Director of the Missouri Housing Development Commission. Her expertise in affordable housing, economic development, strategic tax credits and helping urban entrepreneurs makes her uniquely qualified for this important post. I congratulate Jennifer, and I look forward to working closely with her.\nI also want to thank my colleagues Senator McCaskill and Congressman Cleaver for supporting this very worthy nominee.\n\n-30-", 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://lacyclay.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/statement-congressman-wm-lacy-clay-d-missouri-regarding-president-7"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7746658995747566, "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"}