{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://millermeeks.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-miller-meeks-honored-wounded-warrior-project-legislator-year", "Rep. Miller-Meeks Honored by Wounded Warrior Project as Legislator of the Year", "2024-09-11", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "IA", "Mariannette Miller-Meeks", "M001215", "millermeeks.house.gov", "millermeeks", "https://millermeeks.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington D.C. \u2013 Wounded Warrior Project\u00ae (WWP) named Iowa Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks as its Legislator of the Year for 2024. This prestigious award, which recognizes outstanding legislative effort and achievement to improve the lives of post-9/11 wounded, ill, and injured veteran was presented to Rep. Miller-Meeks at the WWP\u2019s annual Courage Awards & Benefit Dinner on September 10TH.\n\n\"I\u2019m deeply honored to receive this recognition from the Wounded Warrior Project. Supporting our veterans is both a duty and a privilege,\u201d said Rep. Miller-Meeks. \u201cAs a veteran now serving in Congress as Chair of the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, I\u2019ve worked to make the VA healthcare system more accessible and accountable and to improve VA services. I remain committed to making a meaningful difference in the lives of those who have served our nation.\"\n\n\u201cRep. Miller-Meeks is a veteran herself, having served 24 years in the US Army Reserve, so it\u2019s only natural she would be such a strong supporter of the veteran community.\u201d Said Wounded Warrior Project CEO, Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Walter Piatt. \u201cBut her service and commitment have gone above and beyond, time and time again, and her willingness to lead on important health issues will benefit thousands of veterans now and into the future. WWP is grateful for her commitment and is honored to recognize her with our Legislator of the Year award.\u201d\n\nRep. Miller-Meeks has used her position as Chairwoman of the Committee on Veterans Affairs\u2019 Subcommittee on Health to hold hearings and spotlight critical issues such as substance use disorder, care coordination, and emerging mental health therapies, among many others. She has also sponsored pivotal legislation that would improve access to residential rehabilitation treatment programs, expand long-term care options, and increase the availability of non-opioid pain management medications.\n\nAbout WWP", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"]], "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/rep-miller-meeks-honored-wounded-warrior-project-legislator-year"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5825629234313965, "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"}