{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bost.house.gov/2024/6/bost-secures-key-wins-in-veterans-funding-bill", "BOST SECURES KEY WINS IN VETERANS FUNDING BILL", "2024-06-05", "2024", "2024-06", "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) applauded House passage today of legislation fully funding veterans\u2019 programs and military construction for the next fiscal year. The bill included several key priorities Bost secured to improve the delivery of care and services at the Department of Veterans Affairs.\n\n\"I am proud to have helped pass legislation that fully funds veterans\u2019 programs, protects veterans\u2019 Second Amendment rights, and stopstaxpayer dollars from paying for abortions from the VA,\" said Bost. \"The bill includes important reforms I fought for to expand mental health options for veterans struggling with PTSD and challenges; protect veterans' Second Amendment rights; and ensure that veterans in rural areas have access to emergency transportation services. These are big wins for those who sacrificed so much in defense of our freedoms.\u201d\n\nBost\u2019s key priorities in the bill include:\n\nBost amendment requiring the VA to apply the same access standards for Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (MH RRTP) as for primary care, specialty care, and non-institutional extended care services\n\nProtecting veterans\u2019 Second Amendment rights by prohibiting the VA from submitting a veteran or beneficiary\u2019s name to the FBI\u2019s NICS list without a judge\u2019s consent simply because they require a fiduciary to help manage their finances\n\nProhibiting the VA from cutting reimbursements for private ground and air ambulatory emergency transportation services", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:11:47Z"]], "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/2024/6/bost-secures-key-wins-in-veterans-funding-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0001328773796558, "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"}