{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-stansbury-votes-send-health-care-expansion-35-million-veterans", "Rep. Stansbury Votes to Send Health Care Expansion for 3.5 Million Veterans", "2022-07-13", "2022", "2022-07", "Democrat", "House", "NM", "Melanie A. Stansbury", "S001218", "stansbury.house.gov", "stansbury", "https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01)voted to pass landmark legislation to expand health care access for veterans.The Honoring Our PACT Act, led byChair Mark Takano (Calif.-41), provides healthcare for as many as 3.5 million veterans by expanding access to earned benefits and health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for veterans exposed to airborne hazards and burn pits. The Honoring our PACT Act now returns to the Senate to resolve procedural differences.\n\n\u201cWe have an obligation to support our veterans and ensure they get quality care and compensation they deserve,\u201dsaid Rep. Stansbury.\u201cToday, I was proud to vote to pass the Honoring Our PACT Act to care for our veterans by providing expanded access to health care and disability benefits for veterans harmed by toxic exposures during their service to our country. This landmark legislation will finally address the full range of issues impacting veterans harmed by the burden of toxic exposures and I hope the Senate will pass this crucial legislation without delay.\u201d\n\nThe Honoring our PACT Act is a comprehensive legislative package that expands health care and benefits access for veterans exposed to toxic substances during their military service. Under the provisions of this legislation, if a veteran served in a particular theatre at a particular time, they will be presumed to be exposed to toxic substances and therefore eligible for health care and benefits. Critically, this bipartisan legislation will also streamline the VA\u2019s presumption decision making process, so that Congress does not have to keep intervening, and our veterans don\u2019t have to wait decades for help.\n\nThe Honoring our PACT Act will:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:49:02Z"]], "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://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-stansbury-votes-send-health-care-expansion-35-million-veterans"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9094895794987679, "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"}