{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.donnelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press/donnelly-statement-on-senate-veterans-affairs-committee-consideration-of-the-alicia-dawn-koehl-respect-for-national-cemeteries-act", "Donnelly Statement on Senate Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee Consideration of the Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act", "2013-10-30", "2013", "2013-10", "Democrat", "House", "IN", "Joe Donnelly", "D000607", "www.donnelly.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Donnelly Statement on Senate Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee Consideration of the Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWednesday, October 30, 2013\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tSenator Joe Donnelly released the below statement following today\u2019s hearing in the Senate Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee on the Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act, legislation introduced by Donnelly and Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN). \u00a0\r\n\u201cI am pleased the Committee held this hearing today on the Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act,\u201d said Donnelly. \u201cMy office has worked with the Koehl family for many months, and I have strongly advocated having this legislation considered.\u00a0 We must address this injustice for the Koehl family and preserve the honor of being buried in a veterans\u2019 cemetery. I urge the Committee to act quickly on this bill, approve it, and send it to the full Senate for final passage.\u201d\r\nThe bill would give the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the U.S. Department of the Army the authority to disinter veterans buried in national cemeteries who committed a Federal or State capital crime.\u00a0 Current statute prohibits burying veterans who committed a Federal or State capital crime, but does not allow the VA or Army to correct a mistake that has been made.\u00a0 Under the legislation, the VA would have the authority it needs to exhume the remains of Michael LeShawn Anderson, a veteran who shot and killed Indianapolis resident Alicia Dawn Koehl last year before committing suicide. The Koehl family later discovered that Anderson was buried at Fort Custer National Cemetery in Michigan.\r\nRepresentative Susan Brooks (IN-05) introduced a companion bill in the House of Representatives.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t Press Contact \n\t\t\t\t\tDonnelly_Press@Donnelly.Senate.Gov", 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.donnelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press/donnelly-statement-on-senate-veterans-affairs-committee-consideration-of-the-alicia-dawn-koehl-respect-for-national-cemeteries-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7609971798956394, "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"}