{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/murphy-statement-on-army-reversing-decision-on-other-than-honorable-discharges-for-veterans-with-mental-health-conditions-and-ptsd", "Murphy Statement On Army Reversing Decision On Other-Than-Honorable Discharges For Veterans With Mental Health Conditions And PTSDRead More", "2020-11-19", "2020", "2020-11", "Democrat", "House", "CT", "Christopher Murphy", "M001169", "www.murphy.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Murphy Statement On Army Reversing Decision On Other-Than-Honorable Discharges For Veterans With Mental Health Conditions And PTSD \n        \n        November 19, 2020\n      \n        \n          WASHINGTONU.S.\r\nSenator Chris\r\nMurphy (D-Conn.) on\r\nThursday applauded the news that the U.S. Army will reconsider thousands of\r\nother-than-honorable (OTH) discharges to service members with post-traumatic\r\nstress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health conditions following a lawsuit\r\nbrought on by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School: The\r\nmen and women who put their lives on the line for our country deserve our full\r\nsupport and careincluding those who were given a bad-paper' discharge from\r\nthe military because of PTSD or other trauma. I'm thankful for the hardworking\r\nadvocates at the Veterans Legal Services Clinic for relentlessly fighting on\r\nbehalf of Connecticut's veterans, and for making sure that the VA complies with\r\nthe Honor Our Commitment Actmy legislation which requires the VA to provide\r\nappropriate mental health care to our combat veterans. Yesterday's decision by\r\nthe Army will have a lasting impact on our veterans across the country for\r\ngenerations, said\r\nMurphy. TheHonor Our CommitmentActintroduced by Murphy requires the U.S.\r\nDepartment of Veterans Affairs (VA), for the first time, to provide mental and\r\nbehavioral health care to hundreds of thousands of at-risk combat veterans and\r\nsexual assault victims who received OTH discharges. Before it became law in\r\n2018, over 500,000 veterans were presumptively ineligible for any services from\r\nthe VA. Last year, following reports that the VA was continuing to deny\r\nveterans with OTH discharges the services required under the Honor Our\r\nCommitment Act, Murphy led a group of senators,\r\nin sendinga letterto VA Secretary\r\nRobert Wilkie demanding the VA comply with the law. ###", 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-statement-on-army-reversing-decision-on-other-than-honorable-discharges-for-veterans-with-mental-health-conditions-and-ptsd"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7808680422604084, "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"}