{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=593181BA-C91E-48A2-A3D6-FE1E003196BA", "Klobuchar Statement on Veterans Day 2024", "2024-11-11", "2024", "2024-11", "Democrat", "Senate", "MN", "Amy Klobuchar", "K000367", "www.klobuchar.senate.gov", "klobuchar", "https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases", "scraper", "MINNESOTA - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) released the statement below in honor of Veterans Day.\n\n\u201cVeterans Day is a time to focus on what unites us: an unwavering gratitude for the men and women who put their lives on the line for our nation.\n\nIt's our sacred obligation to pay respect to the heroes who fought for our rights and our freedoms. This means guaranteeing veterans can get their disability claims processed. It means ensuring they can get their G.I. benefits. And it means making sure they can get the health care they deserve, including for exposure to burn pits and Agent Orange.\n\nHonoring our veterans is a duty we all take seriously in Minnesota. I\u2019m thinking about Earl Meyer, a war hero from St. Peter.\n\nDuring World War II, at the young age of 17, Earl joined the Merchant Mariners. On one mission, his ship hit a minefield. The crew had to cut the ship\u2019s engine and sit as still as possible while Navy ships came in to clear the mines out of the waterway.\n\nAs a teenager, Earl had already risked his life for our country. But Earl\u2019s service didn\u2019t end there. Just years after he returned home from the war and started farming, he joined the Army and went to the front lines of the Korean War.\n\nIn June 1951, his unit was pinned down by mortar fire, and Earl was struck by shrapnel. Only four soldiers from his unit made it out alive. The medic who bandaged Earl said he\u2019d put his name in for a Purple Heart, but Earl never saw that medic again.\n\nDecades passed and Earl still hadn\u2019t received his Purple Heart, so his daughters reached out to my office. Together, we worked through the bureaucracy, and in May, Earl finally got his Purple Heart. Standing before a thousand people in the Gustavus chapel, he turned to me and said, \u2018You know, this wasn\u2019t really that big a deal.\u2019\n\nBut it was a big deal. Because in Minnesota, we stand with those who stood with us.\n\nTo all our service members and veterans \u2014 we honor you on Veterans Day and every day. Thank you for your service and sacrifice..\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:02:12Z"]], "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.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=593181BA-C91E-48A2-A3D6-FE1E003196BA"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.404997892677784, "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"}