{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senator-collins-attends-maine-veterans-homes-35th-anniversary-open-house", "Senator Collins Attends Maine Veterans\u2019 Homes 35th Anniversary Open House", "2025-11-23", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "GA", "Mike Collins", "C001129", "www.collins.senate.gov", "collins", "https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "Click HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE for individual photos\n\nCaribou, ME \u2013 U.S. Senator Susan Collins attended the Caribou Maine Veterans\u2019 Home\u2019s (MVH) 35th anniversary open house yesterday and celebrated alongside residents and their families, staff, community partners, and board members.\n\n\u201cThe incredible staff at MVH Caribou provide dedicated and skilled care for the heroes who have sacrificed to defend our freedom. It was a pleasure to join the MVH community as this wonderful organization marks 35 years of caring for Maine veterans in Aroostook County,\u201d said Senator Collins. \u201cAs Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I will continue to advocate for funding to ensure Maine\u2019s veterans have access to the benefits and resources they have earned through their service.\u201d\n\nSenator Collins secured $6.6 million through Fiscal Year 2023 and 2024 appropriations legislation for MVH facilities and has advanced more than $3.6 million in legislation that is currently pending in the Senate.\n\nThrough her role on the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Collins has secured more than $1 billion in Congressionally Directed Spending for 534 local projects across Maine in the last five years, including investments that support law enforcement and first responders, improve access to health care, strengthen rural infrastructure, and support childcare and workforce development.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "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.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senator-collins-attends-maine-veterans-homes-35th-anniversary-open-house"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8025451097637415, "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"}