{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://millermeeks.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-meeks-recognizes-private-first-class-taylor-patterson", "Miller-Meeks Recognizes Private First Class Taylor Patterson", "2021-10-27", "2021", "2021-10", "Republican", "House", "IA", "Mariannette Miller-Meeks", "M001215", "millermeeks.house.gov", "millermeeks", "https://millermeeks.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Today, October 27th, 2021, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives to recognize Private First Class Taylor Patterson.\n\nTo watch Miller-Meeks\u2019 speech, click HERE, and read her remarks as prepared for deliver below:\n\nMr. Speaker, I rise today as a veteran to recognize an amazing achievement of a fellow servicewoman in Iowa.\n\nLast month, Private First Class Taylor Patterson, a student at Iowa State University, became the first female enlisted infantry soldier in the Iowa National Guard after being the first Iowa woman to complete the rigorous 22-week training program at Fort Benning, Georgia.\n\nFive years ago, the U.S. Army began to allow women to serve in combat positions given that they can pass the same base physical requirement for all combat personnel. Through determination and the support of her family and team at Fort Benning, Private First Class Patterson blazed a trail for generations of Iowa women.\n\nFor over 183 years, the Iowa National Guard have been an excellent example of service above self by always answering their call to duty. Whether it is assisting communities in disaster relief efforts like we saw with last year\u2019s derecho in Iowa or being deployed to Afghanistan this year to aid in the refugee crisis, Iowa\u2019s National Guard has always gone above and beyond in their service to our state and country.\n\nCongratulations Private First Class Patterson for your service and for being a trailblazer for women everywhere.\n\nThank you, I yield back my time.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"]], "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://millermeeks.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-meeks-recognizes-private-first-class-taylor-patterson"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7615173235535622, "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"}