{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stanton.house.gov/2024/7/after-damning-report-on-incident-at-phoenix-va-stanton-leads-arizona-delegation-in-calling-for-changes", "After Damning Report on Incident at Phoenix VA, Stanton Leads Arizona Delegation in Calling for Changes", "2024-07-26", "2024", "2024-07", "Democrat", "House", "AZ", "Greg Stanton", "S001211", "stanton.house.gov", "stanton", "https://stanton.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "In letter, bipartisan Arizona representatives urge Department of Veterans Affairs toimmediately implement OIG policy recommendations and training standards\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014This week, Representative Greg Stanton led his colleagues Senators Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema, and Representatives Eli Crane, Debbie Lesko, Andy Biggs, Ruben Gallego, David Schweikert, Ra\u00fal Grijalva and Juan Ciscomani in a letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs, urging Secretary Denis McDonough to address concerns raised by a damning recent VA Office of Inspector General report.\n\nThereport, the members wrote, \u201cfound that the tragic death of a veteran at a Phoenix VA facility\u2014a facility with a troubling history of ongoing patient care issues\u2014was due to poor care management and delayed emergency care.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis incident is a part of a troubling pattern of inappropriate response by the Phoenix VA, whose procedures have contradicted and failed to meet Veterans Health Administration standards,\u201d the members continued. \u201cWe request animmediate briefing from you on how the Phoenix VA will implement the OIG\u2019s recommended policy changes and training standards, as well as ensure lifesaving equipment is available.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"]], "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://stanton.house.gov/2024/7/after-damning-report-on-incident-at-phoenix-va-stanton-leads-arizona-delegation-in-calling-for-changes"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6158930957317352, "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"}