{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2022/12/sen-johnson-joins-sen-daines-colleagues-in-calling-out-va-for-politicizing-veterans-healthcare", "Sen. Johnson Joins Sen. Daines, Colleagues in Calling Out VA for Politicizing Veterans\u2019 Healthcare", "2022-12-06", "2022", "2022-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and seven of their Republican colleagues in the following statement after receiving a late, inadequate response from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that failed to address the senators\u2019 concerns with veterans\u2019 access to community care.\n\n\u201cNot only does this weak response show a lack of respect for Congress\u2019 role to advocate on behalf of our constituents, including veterans, it shows that the VA under Biden has no intent to move past political differences to better serve America\u2019s heroes or work in good faith with those of us across the aisle. Our veterans deserve better,\u201d the senators said.\n\nIn July, the senators sent a letter demanding the VA reaffirm its commitment to veterans and ensure they have access to quality health care in a timely manner.\n\nSens. Johnson and Daines were joined on the statement and the July letter by Senators Mike Braun (R-Ind.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas).\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "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.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2022/12/sen-johnson-joins-sen-daines-colleagues-in-calling-out-va-for-politicizing-veterans-healthcare"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.964084967970848, "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"}