{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20141024003214/http://sinema.house.gov/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=51B91D5F-1228-49F9-AB34-EBACA520A8C5", "Sinema Statement on VAs Compliance Review Failure", "2014-10-21", "2014", "2014-10", "Democrat", "House", "AZ", "Kyrsten Sinema", "S001191", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Phoenix, AZ \u2013 Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema released the following statement today in response to news that the Phoenix VA failed a compliance review by The Joint Commission, a not-for-profit organization that reviews health care organizations and programs throughout the US:\n\u00a0\n\u201cThe problems identified by the Commission, including the failure of Phoenix VA administrators to maintain a safe environment for veterans and to ensure veterans receive appropriate care, are unconscionable and must be immediately fixed. The inability of VA employees to report concerns without retaliatory action from the hospital is also completely unacceptable.\n\u00a0\n\u201cThe culture at the VA must change and a new standard of care must be set. I have asked for specific steps from the VA to correct the issues raised by The Joint Commission within 120 days.\n\u00a0\n\u201cThose responsible for putting veterans at risk should be held accountable, and the Phoenix VA managers responsible for this reprehensible behavior should be fired and should return pay and bonuses immediately.\n\u00a0\n\u201cI will continue to work with members on both sides of the aisle, with the VA and with Arizona veterans to change the VA's management and accountability system to put veterans first.\u201d\n\u00a0\nIn response to The Joint Commission\u2019s findings, Congresswoman Sinema sent a letter\u00a0calling on the VA to provide a plan to achieve compliance within 120 days (full text below.\n\u00a0\n###\nLetter to Sec McDonald RE. Joint Commission Findings", 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/20141024003214/http://sinema.house.gov/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=51B91D5F-1228-49F9-AB34-EBACA520A8C5"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7215631194412708, "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"}