{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hickenlooper.senate.gov/press_releases/hickenlooper-video-statement-on-increasing-mortgage-rates/", "Hickenlooper Video Statement on Increasing Mortgage Rates", "2026-09-17", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "Senate", "CO", "John W. Hickenlooper", "H000273", "www.hickenlooper.senate.gov", "hickenlooper", "https://www.hickenlooper.senate.gov/press/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper called out President Trump\u2019s broken agenda for fueling inflation and leading to higher mortgage rates. Mortgage rates \u2013 which just hit over 7% \u2013 are the highest since President Trump took office, after increasing four weeks in a row.\n\n\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s war is making it harder to buy a home in Colorado,\u201d Hickenlooper said in a new video. \u201cBefore the Iran war, the average 30-year mortgage rate was just above 6%. Today? It\u2019s above 7%. For a Colorado homebuyer, that difference adds up fast: Over $280 more every month. Almost $4,000 every year. And over $100,000 over a 30-year mortgage.\u201d\n\nHe continued, \u201cthat\u2019s real money that could be going toward groceries, child care, or college. We\u2019ve voted more than a dozen times to end this war. MAGA Republicans have blocked us every time. We need to end this war. Bring costs down. Get back to helping working families.\u201d\n\nWatch his full video HERE.\n\nYesterday, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since 2023, citing concerns about inflation being driven largely by President Trump\u2019s costly war with Iran that has skyrocketed gas and diesel prices.\n\nHickenlooper has been vocal in his opposition to President Trump\u2019s cost-of-living emergency fueled by the president\u2019s war with Iran, illegal tariffs, and cruel healthcare cuts. Hickenlooper has introduced a War Powers Resolution to direct President Trump to terminate U.S. military hostilities against Iran and has voted repeatedly to end the president\u2019s war.\n\nHe has fought against the president\u2019s disastrous budget bill that gutted health care to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy. He\u2019s doing a state-wide tour of local hospitals and clinics to meet with Coloradans and hear how they are grappling with the increasing costs of healthcare.\n\nHickenlooper also helped pass the most consequential housing bill in decades, opening the door to homeownership for millions of Americans and stopping Wall Street from buying up homes that belong to working families.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-18T09:27:43Z", "2026-09-18T09:29:09Z"]], "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://www.hickenlooper.senate.gov/press_releases/hickenlooper-video-statement-on-increasing-mortgage-rates/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1424869298934937, "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"}