{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221012012/http://farenthold.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=364014", "U.S. Congressman Blake Farenthold Votes to Fund VA Medical Facility Leases, Extend Payment of Monthly Assistance to Disabled Veterans", "2013-12-10", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Blake Farenthold", "F000460", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "U.S. Congressman Blake Farenthold (TX-27) today voted in favor of two bills, H.R. 3521 and H.R. 1402, that provide funding and support for the Department of Veterans Affairs and veterans throughout the country.\u00a0 Both bills passed the House with an overwhelming majority.\n\u201cOur veterans fought hard to protect our freedom, and upon their return, we must keep our promises to them and ensure they receive the benefits they deserve,\u201d said Congressman Farenthold.\u00a0 \u201cBoth of these measures work toward achieving that goal.\u201d\u00a0 \nH.R. 3521, the Department of Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Lease Authorization Act of 2013, authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out major medical facility leases at twenty seven facilities requested by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in their 2013 and 2014 budget submissions.\u00a0 Moreover, this legislation would make a number of Congressional findings and establish requirements related to the budget treatment of major medical facility leases in order to ensure that this legislation meets the spirit and intent of House CUTGO requirements.\nH.R. 1402, the VA Expiring Authorities Extension Act of 2013, extends appropriations for the payment of a monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing in large-scale adaptive sports programs through FY 2015, and modifies the adaptive sports assistance program to increase competition in grant funding and improve financial oversight.\u00a0\n###", 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://web.archive.org/web/20140221012012/http://farenthold.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=364014"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0574141051620245, "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"}