{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://boebert.house.gov/media/press-releases/six-boebert-amendments-helping-veterans-improving-va-pass-house", "Six Boebert Amendments Helping Veterans by Improving the VA Pass the House", "2023-07-26", "2023", "2023-07", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Lauren Boebert", "B000825", "boebert.house.gov", "boebert", "https://boebert.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, six of Congresswoman Boebert\u2019s amendments increasing services for veterans passed the House. They will increase the availability of medical services, reduce the VA claims backlog, increase resources for suicide prevention and mental healthcare for veterans living in rural areas, increase funding for military funerals in areas without VA national cemeteries, increase resources for veterans\u2019 telehealth, increase resources for veterans\u2019 rural healthcare, construct additional extended care facilities for veterans, and more.\n\nCongresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-03) stated, \u201cBy redirecting funds from the bureaucracy towards direct care for veterans, my six amendments that passed the House will deliver real results for veterans across Colorado\u2019s Third District. From increasing funds for prosthetic research to reducing the backlog at the Board of Veterans\u2019 Appeals, and from increasing suicide prevention resources for a program that has provided significant funding to the Third District to constructing new extended care facilities, my amendments will directly improve the quality of life for veterans across Colorado\u2019s Third District.\n\n\u201cDon\u2019t believe the lies from the other side of the aisle. I am committed to fully funding our veterans\u2019 health care programs and funding veterans\u2019 benefits and VA programs. The Republican veterans\u2019 appropriations bill fully funds our veterans and even provides an increase of $1.5 billion above the discretionary funding level contained in the Democrats\u2019 FY 2023 bill.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nCongresswoman Boebert\u2019s six amendments to improve veterans\u2019 benefits passed the House with unanimous bipartisan support as part of the bipartisan en bloc amendment package. Congresswoman Boebert spoke in favor of her six amendments on the House Floor:\n\nCongresswoman Boebert\u2019s amendments that passed the House include the following:\n\nBoebert Amendment No. 89\n\nRedirects $2,000,000 and provides additional funding for the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, veterans\u2019 telehealth, and healthcare for veterans living in rural areas. The Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program supports suicide prevention programs in Colorado\u2019s Third District, including veterans\u2019 services in Pueblo, Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Rio Grande, and Saguache counties.\n\nBoebert Amendment No. 65\n\nRedirects $3,000,000 and provides additional funding for increasing resources for medical research and prosthetic research. This funding will ensure that our veterans receive cutting-edge medical care from the VA.\n\nBoebert Amendment No. 71\n\nRedirects $2,000,000 and provides additional funding for helping the Board of Veterans\u2019 Appeals reduce its backlog so that veterans\u2019 claims can be adjudicated in a timely manner. The current backlog exceeds 200,000 cases and has prevented veterans from receiving the care they earned in a timely manner.\n\nBoebert Amendment No. 91\n\nRedirects $2,000,000 and provides additional funding for the National Cemetery Administration to increase access to burial benefits for veterans.\n\nBoebert Amendment No. 92\n\nRedirects $2,000,000 and provides additional funding grants for Construction of Veterans Cemeteries program to assist state and tribal governments in providing burial benefits for veterans in rural areas lacking a VA national cemetery.\n\nBoebert Amendment No. 93", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:18:03Z"]], "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://boebert.house.gov/media/press-releases/six-boebert-amendments-helping-veterans-improving-va-pass-house"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.891334842890501, "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"}