{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://pittenger.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/media-analysis-pittenger-top-6-in-congress-for-committee-attendance", "Media Analysis:  Pittenger top 6 in Congress for committee attendance", "2014-10-01", "2014", "2014-10", "Republican", "House", "NC", "Robert Pittenger", "P000606", "pittenger.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\u00a0\n WASHINGTON EXAMINER:\u00a0 CONGRESSMAN PITTENGER IN TOP 6 FOR COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE IN 113TH CONGRESSCommittee Meetings Are Where the Nuts-and-Bolts Work of Congress Gets Done \n\u00a0\nCHARLOTTE \u2013 Congressman Robert Pittenger (NC-09) has one of the best committee attendance records in all of Congress, according to a new analysis by Washington Examiner Senior Watchdog Reporter Luke Rosiak: \u201cThe Examiner analyzed 1,000 committee and subcommittee hearing minutes published by the Government Printing Office for the present Congress. \u201cAmong members with the best attendance record is Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Mich., who missed only one of 39 House Judiciary Committee hearings this session. \u201cOnly five other House members had rates as good as or better than Conyers:\u00a0 Democrat Al Green of Texas and Republicans Andy Barr of Kentucky, Bill Huizenga of Michigan, Scott Garrett of New Jersey and Robert Pittenger of North Carolina. \u201cDozens of members of the U.S. House of Representatives have missed two-thirds of this session\u2019s committee meetings, where much of the nuts-and-bolts work of Congress gets done.\u201d \u201cCommittee meetings are often tedious, but they are where much of the real work of creating and refining legislation takes place,\u201d explained Congressman Pittenger.\u00a0 \u201cAs your Representative in Washington, I am focused on serving you and putting in the hours necessary to produce legislation which helps grow the economy, create jobs, and reduce unnecessary red tape.\u201d Congressman Pittenger is a Member of the House Committee on Financial Services and serves on the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee, as well as the Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee.\u00a0 Congressman Pittenger also serves as Chairman of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, and was appointed by Speaker John Boehner to serve on the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, which monitors human rights. Click here to read the full report from the Washington Examiner.\n\u00a0\n###", 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": ["http://pittenger.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/media-analysis-pittenger-top-6-in-congress-for-committee-attendance"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9998911991715431, "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"}