{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://duffy.house.gov/press-release/duffy-to-tomah-va-director-what-s-your-plan-for-our-veterans", "Duffy to Tomah VA Director: Whats your plan for our veterans?", "2016-10-31", "2016", "2016-10", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Sean Duffy", "D000614", "duffy.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Wausau, WI \u2013 U.S. Representative Sean Duffy (WI-07) asks the Acting Director of the Tomah VA Medical Center to brief him on a plan to assist veterans who will be displaced by the medical center\u2019s recently announced plan to terminate the lease held by the Veterans Assistance Foundation Inc. (VAF) on January 16, 2017.\nIn the letter to Tomah VA\u2019s Acting Director, Ms. Victoria Brahm, Rep. Duffy writes, in part: \u201cI am deeply concerned about the welfare of these veterans, and the impact of the decision to terminate VAF\u2019s lease, on the veterans currently relying on the VAF program for housing and medical care.\u201d He continued, \u201cIf the decision to terminate the lease is final, I urge you to work with VAF to find suitable replacement housing for these veterans, and to ensure a timely resolution of the veterans\u2019 housing needs.\u201d\nThe VAF program currently houses 40 to 50 homeless veterans in the Tomah based facility. In addition to housing, they assist veterans suffering from mental illness and other chronic problems.\nRep. Duffy requests a response by November 4, 2016. To read the letter in full, click here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://duffy.house.gov/press-release/duffy-to-tomah-va-director-what-s-your-plan-for-our-veterans"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.0102851558476686, "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"}