{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://ciscomani.house.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-ciscomani-arizona-delegation-presses-va-answers-following-veteran-death", "ICYMI: Ciscomani, Arizona Delegation Presses VA for Answers Following Veteran Death in Phoenix", "2024-08-13", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "House", "AZ", "Juan Ciscomani", "C001133", "ciscomani.house.gov", "ciscomani", "https://ciscomani.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "TUCSON, Ariz. \u2013 U.S. Congressman Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06), a member of the House Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee, recently joined several efforts by the Arizona congressional delegation to urge action from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regarding concerns raised in a recent report by the VA Office of Inspector General. The report was conducted in response to the death of a veteran patient under the Phoenix VA Health Care System in March 2023.\n\nIn July, Ciscomani joined a bipartisan, bicameral group of his colleagues, led by Congressman Greg Stanton (AZ-04), on a letter to VA Secretary Denis McDonough, urging the agency to address the concerns laid out by the VA OIG\u2019s report. The group also requested a briefing on how the Phoenix VA will implement the OIG\u2019s recommended changes outlined in the report.\n\n\u201cThis incident is a part of a troubling pattern of inappropriate response by the Phoenix VA, whose procedures have contradicted and failed to meet Veterans Health Administration standards,\u201d wrote the lawmakers. \u201cOur veterans put their lives on the line to protect our freedom, security, and future. They deserve our enduring gratitude\u2014both during and after their service. It is our responsibility to ensure that they return home to a nation that cares for them and their loved ones\u2014and that includes receiving quality, timely health care.\u201d\n\nLater that month, the Congressman joined fellow Arizona Republican lawmakers on a letter to Bryan Matthews, Director of the Phoenix VA, demanding further details on the incident and again pressing them on how the facility would incorporate the OIG\u2019s recommendations.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"]], "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://ciscomani.house.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-ciscomani-arizona-delegation-presses-va-answers-following-veteran-death"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5415009111166, "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"}