{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://menendez.house.gov/media/press-releases/office-congressman-rob-menendez-successfully-closes-1000th-constituent-case", "Office of Congressman Rob Menendez Successfully Closes 1,000th Constituent Case", "2023-10-30", "2023", "2023-10", "Democrat", "House", "NJ", "Robert Menendez", "M001226", "menendez.house.gov", "menendez", "https://menendez.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013Today, Congressman Rob Menendez announced the closure of his 1,000th constituent case. Since taking office in January, Congressman Menendez and his team have worked to solve constituent cases ranging from complex immigration cases, to returning funds to residents and in-district businesses.\n\n\u201cI am proud to announce that our team has solved 1,000 constituent cases for the residents of the Eighth Congressional District,\u201d said Congressman Menendez. \u201cWhen we took office in January, we made a commitment to provide the highest level of service to every single resident of our district. It is a privilege to have been able to assist so many of our residents and I look forward to working to solve many more cases.\u201d\n\nIn the last 10 months, Congressman Menendez\u2019s team has solved cases that include:\n\nCoordinating the safe arrival of Afghan refugees to New Jersey by working with the United States Department of State to secure embassy interviews and to place them on an airlift out of Afghanistan;\n\nExpediting visas for a Holocaust survivor and their at-home nurse to allow them to leave Israel following the October 7th terrorist attack;\n\nFacilitating the payment of three years worth of Social Security and Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits for the family of a constituent, including the immediate return of over $40,000 in missing backpay; and\n\nAllowing a constituent\u2019s non-U.S. citizen\u2019s husband to travel to the U.S. in time for the birth of their child through an expedited visa approval.\n\nOur office offers assistance with a variety of matters with the federal government including issues related to:\n\nImmigration, travel visas, and passports;\n\nInternal Revenue Service (IRS);\n\nSenior services including Social Security and Medicare;\n\nVeterans benefits and programs;\n\nMilitary status, benefits, and programs;\n\nFederal small business grant and aid programs;\n\nAnd more.\n\nFor more information on the services we offer, please visit www.menendez.house.gov/services or contact our office.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:49:26Z"]], "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://menendez.house.gov/media/press-releases/office-congressman-rob-menendez-successfully-closes-1000th-constituent-case"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5542586334049702, "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"}