{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://shea-porter.house.gov/media/in-the-news/veterans-praised-their-service-tilton", "Veterans praised for their service in Tilton", "2018-11-10", "2018", "2018-11", "Democrat", "House", "NH", "Carol Shea-Porter", "S001170", "shea-porter.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "TILTON Speaking at the New Hampshire Veterans Home, Gov. Chris Sununu said Veterans Day is not just a day or two to think about those who have served the country. Veterans should be revered each and every day, he said, to inspire future generations to be willing to join those defending the flag.\nThe governor said when men and women join the military, the rest of the country has an obligation to support and care for them during their lifetime.\nMilitary service and public service is what New Hampshire does so well, Sununu said, calling the state the gold standard for those willing to protect and serve their country and their respective communities.\n\nAt the end of the day it's all about saying thank you and we can't say that enough, he said.\nU.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan said her father grew up in the segregated South and was among those called to serve in the Battle of the Bulge.\nWhen he returned home, he was struck by two things: his luck in having survived, and seeing African-Americans die for their country overseas while their families still suffered under Jim Crow laws at home. It pushed him to work for equality, Hassan said.\nShe said the acts of violence seen today, such as the recent shootings at a Pittsburgh synagogue and a bar in Thousand Oaks, Calif., serve as reminders the country still has work to do.\nHatred is not an American value, Hassan said.\nU.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter said she is no stranger to veterans. She married her husband when he was in the Army and she continues to serve on the House Armed Forces Committee.\nRecently watching television, she was moved to tears when a newly elected congressman from Staten Island in New York said if Congress had not voted to up-armor the military vehicles that soldiers serving in Afghanistan were riding in, he would not have survived.\n\nDespite the divisiveness in the nation's capital, Shea-Porter said, Congress at great cost voted to protect its soldiers because it was the right thing to do.\nLooking out on a crowd of veterans, Shea-Porter conceded that Vietnam War veterans were not given the recognition they deserve and that there have been gaps in their medical treatment.\nCongress cares very deeply and wants to honor its commitment to you and never let the sun set on all of the promises that we made to you, she said.\nU.S. Rep.-elect Chris Pappas recalled that when he was a boy he'd accompany his grandfathers, who had both served in the Army Air Corps, to the annual airshow at Grenier Field in Manchester. They'd bring along their pilot log books and they'd look at the number of missions they'd flown and the bombs they'd dropped.\nThe annual outing took on a more serious tone as Pappas got older, he said, remembering that it struck home when one of his grandfathers said, We flew those planes so your generation didn't have to.\nU.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and U.S. Rep. Ann McLane Kuster will speak during ceremonies at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen today at 11 a.m..", 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://shea-porter.house.gov/media/in-the-news/veterans-praised-their-service-tilton"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8830178994685411, "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"}