{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/tiffany-questions-city-council-chippewa-valley-refugee-resettlement", "Tiffany Questions City Council on Chippewa Valley Refugee Resettlement", "2023-10-27", "2023", "2023-10", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Thomas P. Tiffany", "T000165", "tiffany.house.gov", "tiffany", "https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) sent a letter to the Eau Claire City Council President demanding transparency for residents on a controversial non-governmental organization plan to resettle a large number of refugees potentially from Somalia, Syria, and other unstable countries in the Eau Claire area.\n\nIn particular, Rep. Tiffany asks that city officials provide residents of Eau Claire and the broader Chippewa Valley with a robust opportunity to submit public comment on any resettlement plans and to conduct a full assessment of the costs of any such resettlement to Wisconsin taxpayers.\n\nIn the letter, Tiffany writes: \u201cAs you know, plans by a controversial non-governmental organization (NGO) to resettle a large number of refugees \u2013 potentially from Somalia, Syria, and other unstable countries \u2013 in the Eau Claire area have raised understandable concerns among local residents. Even more frustrating, representatives of this NGO reportedly met with the city manager well in advance of this announcement \u2013 but the city manager did not share this information with local officials or the public. If true, this is deeply disconcerting.\u201d\n\nThe letter continues: \u201cGiven the dangerous conditions in these countries, and the Biden administration\u2019s alarming track record when it comes to vetting newcomers,it is inconceivable that the local community would be kept in the dark in this way. I hope you will investigate these troubling allegations and take appropriate action.\u201d\n\nTiffany concludes: \u201cI would also ask that you provide residents of Eau Claire and the broader Chippewa Valley with a robust opportunity to submit public comment on any resettlement plans, and that you collaborate with state and county officials to conduct a full assessment of the costs of any such resettlement to Wisconsin taxpayers.\u201d\n\nThis letter comes after Rep. Tiffany\u2019s office received numerous calls from constituents in the Chippewa Valley expressing concerns about the resettlement plans.\n\nYou may read the full letterhere.\n\n###", 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://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/tiffany-questions-city-council-chippewa-valley-refugee-resettlement"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4900469686836004, "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"}