{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://delbene.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3966", "DelBene Seeks Veteran or Gold Star Family Member for District Office Position", "2024-09-20", "2024", "2024-09", "Democrat", "House", "WA", "Suzan K. DelBene", "D000617", "delbene.house.gov", "delbene", "https://delbene.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) announced she is seeking a veteran, Gold Star Family member, or an active-duty spouse living in Washington\u2019s 1st Congressional District for a position in her Kirkland district office through the Green & Gold Congressional Aide Program.\n\nThis position will work with military and veteran constituents to handle veterans-related casework and act as a facilitator with federal, state, and local agencies.\n\n\u201cWe made a promise to our veterans, Gold Star Families, and active-duty spouses that we will support them and make sure we honor their commitment to our nation,\u201d DelBene said. \u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m excited to be working with the Green & Gold Congressional Aide Program to offer an opportunity to join my district office team in Kirkland.\u201d\n\nThe Green & Gold Congressional Aide Program was established by the House of Representatives to provide employment opportunities for veterans, Gold Star Families, and active-duty spouses within member offices.\n\nThe program is limited to veterans, Gold Star Families, and spouses of active-duty servicemembers who meet all the following requirements:\n\nVeterans must be honorably discharged, released from active duty within the last six years, terminal pay grades at or below E-5, O-3, or W-2.\n\nVeterans promoted to the pay grades of E-6, O-4, and W-3 within 6 months of separation from active duty are eligible, granted they meet ALL other eligibility requirements.\n\nVeterans who are in receipt of a 20-year or Temporary Early Retirement Authorization (TERA) retirement are not eligible for the program.\n\nGold Star applicants must be the spouse, parent/step-parent, sibling/step-sibling, child or step-child of a service member who died in the line of duty, or died from a service-connected disability. Active-duty spouses must be a spouse of a service member serving on active duty in a regular component of the armed forces.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"]], "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://delbene.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3966"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.019568182528019, "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"}