{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://herrerabeutler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=390114", "Jaime Herrera Beutler Helps Advance Legislation Improving Southwest Washington Veterans Timely Access to Care", "2014-07-30", "2014", "2014-07", "Republican", "House", "WA", "Jaime Herrera Beutler", "H001056", "herrerabeutler.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Jaime Herrera Beutler issued the following statement today following the U.S. House of Representatives passage of the bipartisan agreement between the House and Senate to expand veterans access to health care, and put in place accountability measures at the VA. \r\n          share:\r\n          f \r\n          t \r\n        \r\n      \r\n      Jaime Herrera Beutler issued the following statement today following the U.S. House of Representatives passage of the bipartisan agreement between the House and Senate to expand veterans access to health care, and put in place accountability measures at the VA.\r\n\u201cIt\u2019s time the federal government started treating our veterans with the respect they deserve.\u00a0 Recent revelations of VA misconduct shows that many are simply being allowed to slip through the cracks.\u00a0 This bipartisan agreement begins to address these issues by providing non-VA health care options for veterans who have been left waiting by the VA, or who live too far from a VA facility for regular visits to be realistic. \u00a0Some veterans in Southwest Washington have to make a 150 mile roundtrip to reach the nearest VA medical facility, and they need these alternate solutions.\u00a0\r\n\u201cBy providing this relief and strengthening the VA\u2019s ability to hire more doctors and nurses, we\u2019re moving toward finally putting our veterans\u2019 needs first.\u00a0 Importantly, this bill includes accountability measures \u2013 including the ability to remove failing managers \u2013 that will hopefully begin the process of reform the VA so badly needs.", 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://herrerabeutler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=390114"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8169719949364662, "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"}