{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mccollum.house.gov/press-release/congresswoman-mccollums-statement-veterans-day", "Congresswoman McCollum's Statement for Veterans Day", "2013-11-08", "2013", "2013-11", "Democrat", "House", "MN", "Betty McCollum", "M001143", "mccollum.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "St. Paul, MN\u00a0\u2013 Congresswoman McCollum released the following statement in commemoration of Veterans Day, which falls on Monday, November 11.\u00a0 On Veterans Day she will be speaking at the State of Minnesota Veterans Day program in Inver Grove Heights.\n\u201cVeterans Day serves as a reminder of the enormous sacrifices that brave men and women have made for the ideals and beliefs that all Americans value.\u00a0 As our\u00a0men and women in uniform\u00a0continue to return home from\u00a0combat duty, today is an opportunity to give thanks\u00a0to them, their families, and 22 million veterans. It is\u00a0also\u00a0a day to come together as Americans\u00a0to pay a special tribute to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country in the name of freedom around the world.\n\u201cOn the battlefield, the U.S. Armed Forces pledge to leave no\u00a0man or woman\u00a0behind.\u00a0 As a nation, it must be our promise that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind.\u00a0 We must act to care for our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, Guardsmen\u00a0and Reservists, both abroad and at home -- ensuring that all of them receive the highest level of care and compensation they have so bravely earned serving this great nation.\u00a0 This is a commitment to which I hold fast on Veterans Day and every day.\u201d\nCongresswoman Betty McCollum is a member of the House Appropriations Committee and is Co-Chair of the Congressional Native American Caucus.\n####", 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://mccollum.house.gov/press-release/congresswoman-mccollums-statement-veterans-day"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7216301057487726, "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"}