{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.peters.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/video-peters-honors-veterans-day", "VIDEO: Peters Honors Veterans Day", "2022-11-10", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "Senate", "MI", "Gary C. Peters", "P000595", "www.peters.senate.gov", "garypeters", "https://www.peters.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "DETROIT, MI \u2013 U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), a former Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released a video ahead of Veterans Day.\n\n\u201cFrom the beginning of our nation\u2019s history, generations of Michiganders and Americans have answered the call to serve our country,\u201d said Senator Peters. \u201cVeterans Day is an opportunity to recognize this remarkable patriotism and selflessness\u2026 and while we can never fully repay the enormous debt that we owe our veterans and their families, we have a responsibility to ensure that they have our utmost support upon leaving the service.\u201d\n\nClick here for video of Senator Peters\u2019 remarks. Below is the text as delivered:\n\n\u201cFrom the beginning of our nation\u2019s history \u2013 generations of Michiganders and Americans have answered the call to serve our country.\n\n\u201cVeterans Day is an opportunity to recognize this remarkable patriotism and selflessness \u2013 and honor the dedication of our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines and all servicemembers \u2013 especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice to defend our freedoms and values as Americans.\n\n\u201cAnd while we can never fully repay the enormous debt that we owe our veterans and their families, we have a responsibility to ensure that they have our utmost support upon leaving the service. Veterans represent the very best of our nation, and our military is the strongest in the history of the world because of their efforts and their dedication.\n\n\u201cAnd that\u2019s why I remain committed to ensuring veterans have access to the benefits, health care, and quality services that they\u2019ve earned: whether it\u2019s receiving the VA benefits that they have earned, or critical care for the invisible wounds of war like PTSD or TBI, or illnesses caused by exposure to toxic substances like burn pits and Agent Orange.\n\n\u201cMy forefathers fought alongside George Washington in the American Revolutionary War. They fought with the Union Army in the Civil War. My father is a veteran of World War II, and I was proud to serve in the U.S. Navy Reserve, where I rose to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Supporting our nation\u2019s veterans is personal to me, so from the bottom of my heart: thank you for your service and for your sacrifice.\n\n\u201cGod bless you, God bless all of those currently serving and God bless the United States of America.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"]], "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.peters.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/video-peters-honors-veterans-day"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9806190393865108, "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"}