{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bost.house.gov/2022/9/bost-slams-biden-admin-s-illegal-action-to-provide-abortions-through-va", "BOST SLAMS BIDEN ADMIN\u2019S ILLEGAL ACTION TO PROVIDE ABORTIONS THROUGH VA", "2022-09-02", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "IL", "Mike Bost", "B001295", "bost.house.gov", "bost", "https://bost.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans\u2019 Affairs, slammed the Biden Administration today after Secretary Denis McDonough announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs was acting to provide abortions through the VA healthcare system.\n\n\"Abortion is wrong, and Congress prohibited VA from providing it decades ago,\u201d said Bost. \u201cThis proposal is contrary to longstanding, settled law and a complete administrative overreach. I oppose it and am already working to put a stop to it.\"\n\nLast year, Bost and hundreds of House Republicans wrote to Secretary McDonough to reiterate that VA is prohibited in law from providing abortions. That letter can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"]], "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://bost.house.gov/2022/9/bost-slams-biden-admin-s-illegal-action-to-provide-abortions-through-va"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8933758363127708, "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"}