{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.baldwin.senate.gov/blog/the-congressional-medal-of-honor-a-special-day-for-wisconsin-veterans-local-tribal-leaders-and-their-families", "The Congressional Medal of Honor: A special day for Wisconsin veterans, local tribal leaders & their families", "2013-11-21", "2013", "2013-11", "Democrat", "House", "WI", "Tammy Baldwin", "B001230", "www.baldwin.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Thursday, November 21, 2013\n\t\t\t\t The Congressional Medal of Honor: A special day for Wisconsin veterans, local tribal leaders & their families \n\t\t\t\t\n                 \n\t\n\t            \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t  \t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMembers of the Ho Chunk, Menominee, and Oneida Nations played a vital role for the U.S. Military in World War I and World War II. Known today as \u201cCode Talkers,\u201d members of American Indian tribes exchanged sensitive information using their native languages to transmit secure communications that were never decoded. They helped elude our enemies trying to break United States military code and increased the speed that the military could communicate, ultimately saving lives and enabling victories for the United States and our allies.\n\nYesterday, tribal leaders and the families of these heroic individuals came to the Capitol to receive a Congressional Gold Medal for the remarkable service of their ancestors.\nThe work of these distinctive veterans during both world wars went unrecognized for decades because the program wasn\u2019t declassified by the military until 1968.\nYesterday, Senator Reid put their service in historical perspective:\n\u201c\u2026The government told them their language had no value. But the children held onto their languages, culture and history despite great personal risk. And in this nation\u2019s hour of greatest need, Native American languages proved to have great value indeed.\u201d\nYesterday\u2019s Congressional Gold Medal honoring the Native American Code Talkers was a special day as we recognized our veterans and their special place in history.", 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://www.baldwin.senate.gov/blog/the-congressional-medal-of-honor-a-special-day-for-wisconsin-veterans-local-tribal-leaders-and-their-families"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9545790962874889, "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"}