{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://barrymoore.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-barry-moore-colleagues-demand-committee-briefing-address-vas-growing", "Rep. Barry Moore, colleagues demand committee briefing to address VA\u2019s growing backlog", "2021-05-06", "2021", "2021-05", "Republican", "House", "AL", "Barry Moore", "M001212", "barrymoore.house.gov", "barrymoore", "https://barrymoore.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.\u2014 Rep. Barry Moore, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity on the Committee on Veterans\u2019 Affairs joined Reps. James Comer, Ranking Member of the Committee of Oversight and Reform, and Mike Bost, Ranking Member of the Committee on Veterans\u2019 Affairs in sending a letter to the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration requesting a committee level briefing to address the VA\u2019s current backlog:\n\n\u201cThe VA\u2019s growing backlog is unacceptable and raises serious doubt about the government\u2019s ability to care for our nation\u2019s heroes, and it\u2019s inexcusable that many of their lives have been put on hold as they wait to access their records in order to receive financial compensation or care,\u201d said Rep. Moore. \u201cI am proud to join my colleagues to demand transparency and answers so that our veterans receive the care they deserve.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nIn March of 2021, Archivist of the U.S. David Ferriero reported that the Veterans Affairs (VA) current backlog of 482,000 requests comes from individual Veterans, which would take an estimated 18-24 months to resolve. Although the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) and VA have taken steps to address the backlog in VA requests, it is clear that the NPRC must take additional measures to prevent the backlog from increasing. This letter requests a committee level briefing, to better understand what steps NPRC is taking to get employees back to work, remediate the backlog, and ensure that all veterans have access to their records.\n\nRead the full letter HERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:49:40Z"]], "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://barrymoore.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-barry-moore-colleagues-demand-committee-briefing-address-vas-growing"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9382748976349831, "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"}