{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://sablan.house.gov/vets-cemetery-grants-boost-ok%E2%80%99d", "Vets cemetery grants boost okd", "2020-08-03", "2020", "2020-08", "Democrat", "House", "MP", "Gregorio Sablan", "S001177", "sablan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Vets cemetery grants boost ok'd                                           \n              Aug 2, 2020      \t\t        \t    \n      \t            \n                    \n                                            \n          \n        \n        \n            \n    \n  \n    \n    \n    The House Veterans' Affairs Committee favorably reported my bill increasing federal maintenance funds available for the Marpi vets cemetery and others nationwide. With more veterans choosing burial near home, more state, territorial, and tribal governments in charge of cemeteries are faced with increased operations and maintenance costs. H.R. 5487, the Veterans Cemetery Grants Improvement Act, doubles the current grant limit of $5 million for these purposes. At the committee markup, I spoke about the challenges the Commonwealth faces in preventing the defacing of our veterans' final resting places. The bill, along with other measures to assist veterans, now goes to the full House for consideration. Watch the markup here.", 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://sablan.house.gov/vets-cemetery-grants-boost-ok%E2%80%99d"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1437881514430046, "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"}