{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://lucas.house.gov/posts/rep-lucas-delivers-opening-statement-at-chairman-warshs-first-financial-services-committee-hearing", "Rep. Lucas Delivers Opening Statement at Chairman Warsh\u2019s First Financial Services Committee Hearing", "2026-07-30", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "House", "OK", "Frank D. Lucas", "L000491", "lucas.house.gov", "lucas", "https://lucas.house.gov/press", "scraper", "Washington, DC \u2013 Today, Representative Frank D. Lucas (OK-03), Chairman of the House Financial Services Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity, delivered an opening statement at the House Financial Services Committee hearing on The Federal Reserve\u2019s Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report.\n\nThe hearing is Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh\u2019s first testimony before Congress as Chairman of the Fed.\n\nRemarks as prepared for delivery:\n\nWelcome Chairman Warsh to your first hearing as Chairman and congratulations on your confirmation. We look forward to your testimony today on the Monetary Policy Report.\n\nIn your first meeting you announced a number of welcome reforms including establishing five task forces that many members are eager to get your thoughts on.\n\nFor example, former Chair Powell had committed to a review of the Fed\u2019s communications tools, and though we expected that to be completed last August alongside the review of the consensus statement, it has yet to be done.\n\nA review of the Fed\u2019s communications tools is long overdue, and we look forward to your focus on completing that project through the task force.\n\nWe\u2019ve also spent time this Congress examining the composition and size of the Fed\u2019s balance sheet, an effort that you are now undertaking at the Fed.\n\nIt is vital that the Fed get this right; we welcome continued collaboration on that front.\n\nWe have a lot to talk about today \u2013 I look forward to your testimony and our discussion. I yield back.\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-31T07:49:23Z", "2026-07-31T07:50:48Z"]], "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://lucas.house.gov/posts/rep-lucas-delivers-opening-statement-at-chairman-warshs-first-financial-services-committee-hearing"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9670548606663942, "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"}