{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140801133036/http://sewell.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=709", "Congresswoman Sewell Supports Bipartisan VA Reform Bill", "2014-07-30", "2014", "2014-07", "Democrat", "House", "AL", "Terri Sewell", "S001185", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC\u2013 Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell released the following statement after voting for H.R. 3230, the Veterans\u2019 Access, Choice and Accountability Act of 2014 - the bipartisan legislation to improve accountability and access to quality care at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The legislation allocates funds to overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs and would strengthen the VA by recruiting more doctors, nurses, and medical providers.\u00a0 It allows veterans to access care from private doctors if they have been on waiting lists for more than a month or don\u2019t live near a VA facility and provides additional funding for veterans benefits\n\n\t\u201cToday, I voted in favor of the Veterans\u2019 Access, Choice and Accountability Act that will address the dire situation currently facing the Department of Veterans Affairs. The bipartisan bill improves access to quality health care for our nations\u2019 veterans by allowing veterans to receive care from private doctors. It also increases accountability by making it easier to terminate underperforming senior officials,\u201d said Rep. Sewell. \u201cCongress will provide the Department of Veterans Affairs with much needed resources to support efforts to improve our veterans\u2019 access to quality healthcare.\u00a0 This is an important step in the right direction and we in Congress must continue to aggressively monitor the VA\u2019s progress. No veteran who has put his or her life at risk for the security of our nation should be denied timely and quality care by the VA. We have a duty to ensure that our nation\u2019s VA system works for our nation\u2019s veterans.\u00a0 Our veterans deserve immediate solutions at underperforming facilities like the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System in Montgomery and Tuskegee, Alabama and I will accept nothing less.\u201d\n\n\t###\n\n\tFor more information about the legislation, please visit: http://veterans.house.gov/the-veterans-access-choice-and-accountability-act-of-2014-highlights#overlay-context=content/the-veterans-access-choice-and-accountability-act-of-2014-highlights", 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/20140801133036/http://sewell.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=709"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4809630811214447, "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"}