{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://barr.house.gov/press-releases?ID=2FBA29E2-3E13-4786-9575-FC2EA40CEF26", "Barr Votes to Award Congressional Gold Medal to Thirteen Fallen American Heroes", "2021-10-25", "2021", "2021-10", "Republican", "House", "KY", "Andy Barr", "B001282", "barr.house.gov", "barr", "https://barr.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.\u2013 Tonight, U.S. Congressman Andy Barr (KY-06) voted for and the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved legislation awarding a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal to each of the thirteen fallen U.S. military servicemembers killed in a terrorist attack at the Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 26, 2021. These fallen heroes were defending Americans and our Afghanistan allies who were evacuating Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover of the country.\n\n\u201cThirteen heroic military servicemembers gave the ultimate sacrifice to ensure that American citizens and our Afghan allies could escape the threat of the Taliban, ISIS, and other terrorist actors in Afghanistan during the withdrawal. I proudly cosponsored and voted tonight for the bill awarding these patriots the Congressional Gold Medal. The legacy of these American heroes will never be forgotten,\u201d said Congressman Barr.\n\nThis legislation will now go to the U.S. Senate for consideration. The names of the fallen servicemembers receiving the posthumous Congressional Gold Medal are below:\n\nNavy Corpsman Maxton Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio\n\nLance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, 20, of Norco, California\n\nLance Cpl. David Espinoza, 20, of Rio Bravo, Texas\n\nLance Cpl. Rylee McCollum, 20, Jackson, Wyoming\n\nLance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, 20, of Wentzville, Missouri\n\nCpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, of Indio, California\n\nStaff Sgt. Darin Taylor Hoover, 31, of Salt Lake City, Utah\n\nCpl. Daegan William-Tyeler Page, 23, of Omaha, Nebraska\n\nSgt. Nicole Gee, 23, of Roseville, California\n\nCpl. Humberto Sanchez, 22, Logansport, Indiana\n\nLance Cpl. Dylan Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga, California\n\nSgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, Lawrence, Massachusetts and\n\nStaff Sgt. Ryan Knauss, 23, of Corryton, Tennessee\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"]], "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://barr.house.gov/press-releases?ID=2FBA29E2-3E13-4786-9575-FC2EA40CEF26"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8234400302171707, "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"}