{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-releases/hoeven-cosponsors-legislation-to-preserve-servicemember-readiness-stop-dod-covid-vaccine-terminations", "Hoeven Cosponsors Legislation to Preserve Servicemember Readiness, Stop DoD COVID Vaccine Terminations", "2022-09-23", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "Senate", "ND", "John Hoeven", "H001061", "www.hoeven.senate.gov", "hoeven", "https://www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-releases", "scraper", "Hoeven Cosponsors Legislation to Preserve Servicemember Readiness, Stop DoD COVID Vaccine Terminations\n\nWASHINGTON \u2013 Senator John Hoeven this week joined Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) in introducing the Preserving the Readiness of our Armed Forces Act of 2022. This legislation would preserve the readiness of the Armed Forces by limiting separations based on COVID\u201319 vaccination status and continuing pay and benefits for members while religious and health accommodations are pending. As the military faces recruiting and retention deficits, it is not in the interest of national security to separate otherwise ready servicemembers solely for vaccine refusal.\n\n\u201cWe need to be working to strengthen our Armed Forces and support the brave men and women in uniform, especially with recruitment numbers down,\u201d said Hoeven. \u201cContinuing to put punitive COVID-19 mandates in place is the wrong approach. It\u2019s long past time that the Biden administration ends their COVID mandates and we\u2019ll continue working to block federal overreach like this that hinders our active duty, Guard and Reserve members.\u201d\n\nIn additional to Hoeven and Blackburn, the legislation is cosponsored by Senators Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.). Clickhere for the full bill text.\n\n-###-", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:29:59Z"]], "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.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-releases/hoeven-cosponsors-legislation-to-preserve-servicemember-readiness-stop-dod-covid-vaccine-terminations"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.643122173845768, "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"}