{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hageman.house.gov/media/press-releases/hageman-votes-support-our-military-and-veterans", "Hageman Votes to Support our Military and Veterans", "2024-06-05", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "House", "WY", "Harriet M. Hageman", "H001096", "hageman.house.gov", "hageman", "https://hageman.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, DC \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Harriet Hageman voted in favor of the Fiscal Year 2025 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. This bill will fully fund veterans\u2019 health care programs, veterans\u2019 benefits, and VA programs. It also prohibits the Biden Administration from using funds to advance critical race theory; implement executive orders on DEI, or use taxpayer dollars for abortions.\n\nRepresentative Hageman stated, \u201cThe FY2025 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill represents the conservative priorities of the House of Representatives. I am proud to support our veterans, strengthen our national defense, and stop the \u2018woke\u2019 policies of the Biden Administration. As Chair of the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, I understand the importance of a strong military presence in the Indo-Pacific Region to counter Chinese aggression, and I am encouraged by the commitment to the region set forth in this bill. In addition, my amendment expressing concern for the removal of mileage reimbursement kiosks and requiring a subsequent report on the issue will ensure that while modernizing the VA, we do not make the process more confusing or burdensome for our veterans.\u201d\n\nFACTS ABOUT THE FY25 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL:\n\nHonors our commitment to veterans by:\n\nFully funding veterans\u2019 health care programs.\n\nFully funding veterans\u2019 benefits and VA programs.\n\nBolsters our national security by:\n\nProviding funding for the Indo-Pacific region, and increasing resources for INDOPACOM to improve the Department of Defense posture in the region.\n\nMaintaining the prohibitions on the closure of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and the use of military construction funds to build facilities for detainees on U.S. soil.\n\nFocuses the Executive Branch on its core responsibilities by:\n\nProhibiting the use of funds to promote or advance critical race theory.\n\nProhibiting the implementation, administration, or enforcement of the Biden Administration\u2019s executive orders on diversity, equity, and inclusion.\n\nSupports American values and principles by:\n\nProhibiting taxpayer dollars from being used for abortion, using Hyde language which includes exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother.\n\nProtecting the 2nd Amendment rights of veterans, preventing VA from sending information to the FBI about veterans without a judge\u2019s consent.\n\nProhibiting VA from processing medical care claims for illegal aliens.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:11:47Z"]], "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://hageman.house.gov/media/press-releases/hageman-votes-support-our-military-and-veterans"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8625341579318047, "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"}