Press releases
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- Link to the original release on the member's official site
- text
- Extracted body text (may be empty if the page could not be fetched)
- has_text
- 1 if body text was successfully extracted
- date_source
- How the publication date was determined
- bioguide_id
- Bioguide ID of the member
1 row where chamber = "House", state = "IL" and year = 2011 sorted by date descending
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| url | title | date ▲ | year | month | party | chamber | state | member_name | bioguide_id | domain | scraper | source | date_source | text | has_text | collected_at | updated_at |
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| http://rush.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rush-statement-305-mil-choice-neighborhoods-grant-grove-parc-plaza | Rush Statement on the $30.5 Mil Choice Neighborhoods Grant for Grove Parc Plaza in Woodlawn | 2011-08-31 | 2011 | 2011-08 | Democrat | House | IL | Bobby Rush | R000515 | rush.house.gov | legacy | CONTACT: Renee Ferguson (773) 224-6500 ofc.; (202) 674-0891 mobile Renee.Ferguson@mail.house.gov - or - Sharon Jenkins (202) 225-4372 ofc.; (202) 431-8191 mobile Sharon.Jenkins@mail.house.gov CHICAGO Today, U. S. Rep. Bobby L. Rush joined Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, U. S. Senator Richard Durbin and other state and local elected and appointed officials and community stakeholders in a press briefing and tour of some of the grounds and facilities to be revitalized thanks to Obama Administration resources. Chicago is one of five cities nationwide to receive the first Implementation Grants awarded under HUD's Choice Neighborhoods Initiative a new strategic approach intended to help transform high-poverty, distressed neighborhoods into communities with healthy, affordable housing, safe streets, and access to quality educational opportunities. In remarks at this morning's announcement, Rush delivered the following remarks about an initiative that will help revitalize and historic and important part of his congressional district. Secretary Donovan, Mayor Emanuel, Senator Durbin, dignitaries and friends I want to officially welcome you to the First Congressional District of Illinois and to the historically significant Woodlawn community. Secretary Donovan, I hope before you leave that you will meet some of the 27,000 people who live here. They are hardworking, honest and very determined to hold on to this community that they love. In 2005, some of the residents of the Grove Parc development reached out to me in a crisis. Their building had been poorly managed and was hardly fit for anybody to live in. We helped them to organize, we held an affordable housing summit and we trained the residents to become effective advocates for themselves and their families. Using a highly sophisticated business model they then accepted submissions from developers. They chose the Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH) team, out of Boston, to manage and b… | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |
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