{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-officials-join-family-highlight-father-vincent-capodannos-life", "Malliotakis, Officials Join Family To Highlight Father Vincent Capodanno\u2019s Life & Path to Sainthood", "2026-09-09", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND, NY) \u2014 Today, Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) held a press conference to highlight the extraordinary courage, faith, and selflessness of Father Vincent Capodanno, a U.S. Navy priest who sacrificed his life serving wounded Marines during the Vietnam War and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary heroism. Joined by Father Capodanno\u2019s family, elected officials, and veterans, Congresswoman Malliotakis highlighted why his life and sacrifice are deserving of sainthood and called on the community and fellow Americans to show their support.\n\n\u201cTwenty years ago, in May 2006, Father Capodanno was declared a Servant of God by the Catholic Church, a distinction that opened his cause for sainthood. Here in our community, his name and sacrifice have been honored and remembered for generations. But there is an extraordinary life of faith and service behind that Medal of Honor that deserves to be known far beyond our shores,\u201d said Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis.\n\n\u201cAll the medals that Father Vincent got prior to his death, we never knew. He hid them in an attic. He was an extremely humble man,\u201d said Al Lambert, Father Capodanno\u2019s cousin.\n\n\u201cFather Capodanno\u2019s life and sacrifice, his being, is inextricably woven into the soul of Staten Island, and I believe the soul of America,\u201d said State Senator Andrew Lanza.\n\n\u201cThe most important thing he demonstrates for our next generation is leadership through service. True leadership by service is putting others above yourself, and that\u2019s exactly what Father Capodanno did,\u201d said State Representative Michael Reilly.", 1, "2026-09-10T09:25:58Z", "2026-09-10T09:27:09Z"]], "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://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-officials-join-family-highlight-father-vincent-capodannos-life"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5912898816168308, "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"}