{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://goodlander.house.gov/media/press-releases/goodlander-democratic-veterans-celebrate-defeat-of-republican-attack-on-veterans-benefits/", "Goodlander, Democratic Veterans Celebrate Defeat of Republican Attack on Veterans\u2019 Benefits", "2026-07-16", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "NH", "Maggie Goodlander", "G000604", "goodlander.house.gov", "goodlander", "https://goodlander.house.gov/media/press-releases/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Today, for the second time, U.S. House Republicans were forced to withdraw a flawed Republican bill, H.R. 9237, from floor consideration. This followed strong opposition from members of the Democratic Veterans Caucus highlighting how the bill would represent the largest cut to veterans\u2019 benefits in history, including cutting benefits for common conditions like tinnitus and sleep apnea and raising fees on VA home loans.\n\nFollowing today\u2019s withdrawal of this bill to cut veterans benefits, members of the Democratic Veterans Caucus Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), Chris Deluzio (PA-17), Pat Ryan (NY-18), Ted Lieu (CA-36), Bobby Scott (VA-03), Mike Thompson (CA-04), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), and Herb Conway (NJ-03) released the following joint statement.\n\n\u201cToday, the House rallied around veterans and rejected this partisan attack on veterans\u2019 benefits and the VA.\n\n\u201cMembers of the Democratic Veterans Caucus led the fight against this bill, and we will always come together to stand up for our troops and our fellow veterans.\n\n\u201cHouse Republicans should think twice before ever again taking benefits away from our veterans in the name of \u2018fiscal responsibility\u2019 after they added trillions to the debt with their One Big Beautiful Bill and are trying to force through a $67B supplemental to pay for the disastrous Iran War.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-17T07:15:58Z", "2026-07-17T07:17:05Z"]], "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://goodlander.house.gov/media/press-releases/goodlander-democratic-veterans-celebrate-defeat-of-republican-attack-on-veterans-benefits/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3612851034849882, "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"}