{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://burchett.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-burchett-introduces-veterans-protection-fraud-act", "Congressman Burchett introduces the Veterans Protection from Fraud Act", "2022-11-10", "2022", "2022-11", "Republican", "House", "TN", "Tim Burchett", "B001309", "burchett.house.gov", "burchett", "https://burchett.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 10, 2022) \u2013 Today, U.S. Representative Tim Burchett (TN-02) led 19 members of Congress in introducing a bipartisan bill to improve protections for veterans against mail fraud.\n\nThe Veterans Protection from Fraud Act would add up to 10 years to a prison sentence for a criminal convicted of committing or conspiracy to commit telemarketing or email marketing fraud that targeted a veteran of any age.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve heard terrible stories from East Tennessee veterans who were harmed by scammers, and it\u2019s horrifying to see our nation\u2019s heroes being targeted like this,\u201d said Rep. Burchett. \u201cAnyone who tries to scam our veterans deserves to spend serious time behind bars.\u201d\n\nVeterans are twice as likely as the general public to fall victim to scams, and four out of five military/veteran adults report being the target of scams directly related to their military service or benefits.\n\nCosponsors: Rep. Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), Rep. Ken Buck (CO-04), Rep. Ted Budd (NC-13), Rep. Andr\u00e9 Carson (IN-07), Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-09), Rep. Connie Conway (CA-22), Rep. Pat Fallon (TX-04), Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Rep. Scott Franklin (FL-15), Rep. Matt Gaetz (FL-01), Rep. Andrew Garbarino (NY-02), Rep. Mike Johnson (LA-04), Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), Rep. Seth Moulton (MA-06), Rep. Mar\u00eda Elvira Salazar (FL-27), Rep. Greg Steube (FL-17), Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14)", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"]], "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://burchett.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-burchett-introduces-veterans-protection-fraud-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5361509285867214, "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"}