{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://schneider.house.gov/media/press-releases/schneider-gillibrand-call-hearings-after-navy-discloses-8-attempeted-suicides", "SCHNEIDER, GILLIBRAND CALL FOR HEARINGS AFTER NAVY DISCLOSES 8 ATTEMPETED SUICIDES BY SAILORS IN USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN CARRIER STRIKE GROUP", "2026-09-25", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "IL", "Bradley Scott Schneider", "S001190", "schneider.house.gov", "schneider", "https://schneider.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Representative Brad Schneider (D-IL-10), a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence Committees, called for congressional hearings following the Navy\u2019s confirmation that 8 sailors in the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group had attempted suicide during the group\u2019s most recent deployment. This admission was made in a September 22 letter Gillibrand received from Acting United States Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao, weeks after administration officials and the president had dismissed families\u2019 and soldiers\u2019 concerns about conditions on board the ship.\n\nActing Secretary Cao\u2019s response follows the August 2026 letter that Gillibrand and 14 of her colleagues sent to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calling for transparency after reporting detailed dismal conditions for sailors on board the USS Abraham Lincoln. Gillibrand also previously demanded hearings over those reports.\n\n\u201cWhat Trump and Secretary Hegseth dismissed as \u2018fake news\u2019 turned out to be serious and deteriorating conditions for our service members,\u201d said Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. \u201cOur troops and their families make immense sacrifices every single day, yet the president dismissed them with open disrespect. That this administration can find endless taxpayer dollars for bombs, ballrooms, and billionaires, but cannot take care of our service members, is completely unacceptable. The American people need hearings, accountability, and a clear plan to protect our service members and prioritize American families.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs the Member of Congress representing Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago, where every Navy recruit receives basic training, the health and well-being of our men and women in uniform is one of my highest priorities,\u201d said Rep. Brad Schneider. \u201cEvery American should be outraged by this Administration\u2019s failure to equip our service members with the tools and support they need to carry out a successful deployment and the blatant lies about the conditions sailors were experiencing on the USS Abraham Lincoln. The new reporting from CNN in response to Senator Gillibrand\u2019s oversight effort is deeply concerning and should alarm everyone. I\u2019m glad to join Senator Gillibrand in calling for open and public hearings to get the answers the American people and our service members deserve.\u201d\n\nIn the response letter, Acting Secretary Cao wrote, \u201cSince the beginning of Lincoln's deployment, there have been a total of eight suicide attempts across the strike group - this number includes the Lincoln crew and Sailors from the carrier air wing, strike group and destroyer squadron staff, escorting destroyers, and all embarked aviation squadrons.\u201d\n\nThe letter detailed one particular suicide attempt, in which \u201cone Sailor attempted to go overboard in March and was stopped by his shipmates. That Sailor was also provided immediate medical care and subsequently returned to homeport.\u201d", 1, "2026-09-28T11:29:07Z", "2026-09-28T11:30:58Z"]], "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://schneider.house.gov/media/press-releases/schneider-gillibrand-call-hearings-after-navy-discloses-8-attempeted-suicides"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4004339464008808, "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"}