{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/murphy-condemns-trump-administration-for-gutting-support-for-homeless-vets", "MURPHY CONDEMNS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR GUTTING SUPPORT FOR HOMELESS VETS", "2017-12-07", "2017", "2017-12", "Democrat", "House", "CT", "Christopher Murphy", "M001169", "www.murphy.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "MURPHY CONDEMNS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR GUTTING SUPPORT FOR HOMELESS VETS\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tThursday, December 7, 2017\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, condemned the Trump administration for ending a program that helps homeless veterans just days after Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin touted the Trump administration\u2019s commitment to house all homeless vets. The HUD-VASH program has helped 138,000 veterans since 2010 and helped cut the number of homeless veterans by 46 percent.\r\n\u201cThis about-face by the Trump administration is infuriating. One day they\u2019re telling homeless veterans they will help find housing, and then just two days later, they turn around and eliminate the very program that has helped over a hundred thousand homeless veterans get back on their feet,\u201d said Murphy. \u201cI know how much homeless veterans in Connecticut rely on the HUD-VASH program. When I was in the House of Representatives, I helped double the number of housing vouchers for our state. Now is not the time to abandon our veterans. I\u2019ll be fighting on the Appropriations Committee to reverse this gut punch of a decision.\u201d\r\nLast month, Murphy and all other members \u2013 both Republican and Democrat \u2013 of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military, Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies urged Secretary Shulkin to stop their plans to end this program.\r\n###", 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.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/murphy-condemns-trump-administration-for-gutting-support-for-homeless-vets"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.854765996336937, "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"}