{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bilirakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/bilirakis-named-legislator-year-his-support-veterans", "Bilirakis Named Legislator of Year for His Support of Veterans", "2022-10-14", "2022", "2022-10", "Republican", "House", "FL", "Gus M. Bilirakis", "B001257", "bilirakis.house.gov", "bilirakis", "https://bilirakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, DC: This week, Congressman Gus Bilirakis was honored to be one of four federal lawmakers to receive the inaugural Legislator of the Year award from the Wounded Warrior Program for his tireless advocacy on behalf of the nation\u2019s most severely injured Veterans.\n\n\u201cThis wonderful organization does a tremendous job advocating for our nation\u2019s heroes who have already sacrificed so much for our country and with providing direct support to those in need, said Bilirakis. \u201cI have had the great honor of employing three wounded warrior fellows in my Congressional office and the experience has been outstanding for my team, my constituents, and I believe for the fellows themselves. In fact, I am currently seeking to hire another Veteran who has recently separated from the military.\n\nCongressman Bilirakis is currently partnering with the Wounded Warrior Program in support of his Major Richard Star Act which would remedy the injustice of concurrent receipt for more than 50k medically retired Veterans. \u201cWe are optimistic that our tireless efforts, which have yielded more than 319 co-sponsors, will catapult the bill across the finish line by the end of the year. I think our chances of getting the bill in the Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act look very promising. You can be assured that I won\u2019t stop fighting until this issue is fixed for all Veterans. Continued advocacy on behalf of our nation\u2019s heroes will always be my top priority in Congress,\u201d added Bilirakis.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"]], "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://bilirakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/bilirakis-named-legislator-year-his-support-veterans"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9989190623164177, "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"}