{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.boozman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=b5748d46-4b1c-45fc-8cab-fd7eb436d8f7", "Spending Agreement Includes Boozman Provision to 'Keep the Promise' to Veterans", "2014-12-10", "2014", "2014-12", "Republican", "House", "AR", "John Boozman", "B001236", "www.boozman.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator John Boozman, a member of the Senate Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee, applauded the bicameral, bipartisan spending agreement that includes a provision that protects veterans\u2019 benefits from government spending lapses by providing advance funding.\r\n\u201cArkansas veterans deserve certainty for the programs, services and benefits they earned and depend on. Preventing disability compensation, pension and GI Bill benefits from being used as a political football during budget fights is the right thing to do for our veterans so interruptions in services can be avoided. I\u2019m grateful for the efforts of veterans service organizations that have been instrumental in pushing this provision. I remain committed to making sure Congress keeps the promise made to our veterans for their service,\u201d Boozman said.\u00a0\r\nCurrent law provides one-year advance funding for the Veterans Health Administration. This provision will expand advance funding for the Veterans Benefits Administration which administers compensation, pensions, readjustment benefits and insurance.\u00a0\r\nThe language included in the spending bill comes from the Putting Veterans Funding First Act, legislation introduced by Boozman and Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK). The senators introduced the legislation in May of 2013 because of the way that veterans were being negatively impacted by delays to the annual appropriations process and the lack of a long-term funding plan. \u00a0\r\n\u201cIt is my hope that a change in leadership within the U.S. Senate will bring with it a return to responsible governance that includes passing appropriations bills in a timely manner and long-term planning but I have ensured that our veterans will be cared for no matter what occurs,\u201d Boozman said.", 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.boozman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=b5748d46-4b1c-45fc-8cab-fd7eb436d8f7"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9130211547017097, "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"}