{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://cline.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1254", "Rep. Ben Cline Votes to Support Veterans and Service Members By Passing FY24 MilConVA Funding Bill", "2023-07-27", "2023", "2023-07", "Republican", "House", "VA", "Ben Cline", "C001118", "cline.house.gov", "cline", "https://cline.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Today, Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) voted for, and the U.S. House of Representatives passed, the Fiscal Year 2024 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 4366), which provides funding for Defense Department military and family housing construction activities and remediation at closed military bases. This legislation also provides funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs\u2019 veteran benefits programs, such as those related to disability and pension benefits, education, healthcare, and insurance and loan programs.\n\nRep. Ben Cline said, \u201cThis strong legislation prioritizes programs for those most important: our Veterans and our brave service members. Today\u2019s vote makes clear that House Republicans stand with our Nation\u2019s heroes who have sacrificed so much to defend our freedoms and protect our homeland.\u201d\n\nFY24 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act\n\nHonors our commitment to Veterans by:\n\nFully funding Veterans\u2019 health care programs; and\n\nFully funding Veterans\u2019 benefits and VA programs, including the electronic health record modernization initiative.\n\nSupports a strong national security by:\n\nProviding nearly $800 million above the President\u2019s Budget Request for military construction, focusing investments in the Pacific theater, barracks, and other quality-of-life projects; and\n\nMaintaining two provisions prohibiting the closure or realignment of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.\n\nFocuses the Executive Branch on its core responsibilities by:\n\nIncluding new provisions prohibiting funds to lobby Congress, promote or advance critical race theory, and carry out divisive Executive Orders.\n\nRead the summary of the bill here.\n\nWatch Rep. Cline\u2019s floor speech on the FY24 MilConVA bill here or above.\n\nCongressman Ben Cline represents the Sixth Congressional District of Virginia. He previously was an attorney in private practice and served both as an assistant prosecutor and Member of the Virginia House of Delegates. Cline and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Botetourt County with their two children.", 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://cline.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1254"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8817608468234539, "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"}