{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://pence.house.gov/media/press-releases/pence-veterans-day-oped-we-will-remain-always-faithful", "Pence in Veterans Day Oped: We Will Remain Always Faithful", "2019-11-08", "2019", "2019-11", "Republican", "House", "IN", "Greg Pence", "P000615", "pence.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "1st Lieutenant Greg Pence with two of his fellow Marines.  \n\t\nWe will Remain Always Faithful.  \n\tBy Congressman Greg Pence  \n\tVeterans Day 2019  RiponSociety.org  \n\t\nWhen I enlisted in 1979 as a young man, I wanted a challenge. I wanted to serve and to be a part of something bigger. I wanted to be in the company of heroes.\nThat is what led me to the United States Marine Corps. Like every Marine, I went to boot camp and took an oath to God, to Corps, and to country.\n\nIn 1983, we were ordered to Beirut, Lebanon as part of the multinational peacekeeping force during the Lebanese Civil War.\n\nOn October 23rd, an Iranian National affiliated with Hezbollah  a terror group founded, trained and financially supported by the Iranian regime  drove a truck bomb into the very barracks I called home, killing 241 American servicemembers, 220 of which were my fellow Marines.\nIt was the deadliest day for the Marine Corps since the battle of Iwo Jima.\n\nThough I will never know exactly why I was spared when so many were not, I have never forgotten those American heroes.\nEarlier this year, I joined with my colleague, Congressman Ruben Gallego, a fellow Marine from Arizona, in introducing H.R. 2790, Our Obligation to Recognize American Heroes Act.\nOr, to put the bill in Marine terms, the OORAH Act.\n\nThis legislation would allow the Gold Star families who lost a loved one in the attack to execute on the $1.68 billion in Iranian funds currently held by a European-based firm.\n\nMy hope is that the OORAH Act will soon become law so that we can hold accountable the terrorists responsible  and those who funded them  for the murder of 241 patriots and provide a sliver of justice for the families they left behind.\n\nAs a Beirut Veteran, I understand that Our First Duty is to Remember.\nOn this Veterans Day, we remember. And, we will remain Always Faithful.\nSemper Fi.\nRead the full oped here. \n###\nCongressman Greg Pence represents Indiana's 6th District. From Columbus, Indiana, Pence advocates for conservative Hoosier values as a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee.", 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://pence.house.gov/media/press-releases/pence-veterans-day-oped-we-will-remain-always-faithful"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.536280244588852, "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"}