{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mrvan.house.gov/media/press-releases/mrvan-statement-senate-passage-honoring-our-pact-act", "Mrvan Statement on Senate Passage of the Honoring Our PACT Act", "2022-08-03", "2022", "2022-08", "Democrat", "House", "IN", "Frank J. Mrvan", "M001214", "mrvan.house.gov", "mrvan", "https://mrvan.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, Chairman of the House Veterans\u2019 Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, celebrated the Senate passage of the Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act.\n\nThrough his role on the House Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee, Congressman Mrvan is an original cosponsor of this measure and he actively supported this measure through the Committee approval process. On July 13, 2022, the House approved the final version of the legislation in a bipartisan manner with a vote of 342 to 88. As the Senate has approved this measure, it is now submitted to President Biden to be signed into law.\n\nAccording to the House Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee, the Honoring Our PACT Act will treat toxic exposure as a cost of war by addressing the full range of issues impacting toxic-exposed veterans, including access to earned benefits and healthcare through the Department of Veterans Affairs.\n\nCongressman Mrvan stated, \u201cI joined the House Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee in order to take action in a bipartisan manner to ensure our veterans receive the world-class benefits they deserve. This historic legislation does just that, and I am proud to have been a part of the legislative process to see this bill through to the finish line. I appreciate the bipartisan support of this initiative by so many other Members of the House and our Senate colleagues. This landmark action will ensure that veterans know their country will honor and care for them in gratitude for their service to defending our freedoms. I look forward to continuing my positive and productive relationship with the members of the veterans community and stand ready to continue to assist all veterans however our office can.\u201d\n\nTo watch Congressman Mrvan\u2019s earlier floor remarks on this legislation, click here and here.\n\nFor additional information from the House Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee, click here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"]], "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://mrvan.house.gov/media/press-releases/mrvan-statement-senate-passage-honoring-our-pact-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4414479956030846, "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"}