{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140727171332/http://bustos.house.gov/press-and-media/press-releases/video-congresswoman-cheri-bustos-thanks-service-members-serving", "Video: Congresswoman Cheri Bustos Thanks Service Members Serving Overseas This Holiday Season", "2013-12-13", "2013", "2013-12", "Democrat", "House", "IL", "Cheri Bustos", "B001286", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) gave a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives thanking all of our service members who are serving overseas and are not with their families this holiday season. \u00a0 Bustos\u2019 prepared remarks are below:\nI rise today to thank all of our brave heroes who are serving overseas and are not with their families this holiday season.\nWhile most of us will return to our homes to celebrate with family and friends, let us not forgot about all the men and women serving our country who will not be with their loved ones.\nMy region of Illinois is home to thousands of veterans who have served honorably in both wartime and peacetime.\nIt is also home to many active duty service members, National Guard members and Ready Reservists.\u00a0\nI was heartened to learn recently that the Peoria, Illinois, based Army National Guard unit is expected to come home before the holidays.\u00a0\nThis will surely be an early Christmas present for many families across the region of the country I am here to serve.\nI look forward to helping welcome them home.\nAll our service members deserve our full support year-round, but let us all take this holiday season as an opportunity to thank them once again for all the sacrifices they and their families make for us.\nThey\u2019ve been there for us, so let\u2019s be there for them.\nThank you.", 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/20140727171332/http://bustos.house.gov/press-and-media/press-releases/video-congresswoman-cheri-bustos-thanks-service-members-serving"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3918019831180573, "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"}