{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-honors-leo-finn-of-cullman-as-july-veteran-of-the-month/", "Tuberville\u00a0Honors Leo Finn of Cullman as July \u201cVeteran of the Month\u201d", "2026-07-08", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "AL", "Tommy Tuberville", "T000278", "www.tuberville.senate.gov", "tuberville", "https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) released a video honoring U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Leo Finn as the July \u201cVeteran of the Month.\u201d\n\nExcerpts of Sen. Tuberville\u2019s remarks can be found below, and complete remarks can be found here.\n\n\u201cThe Book of Proverbs tells us that \u2018without a vision, people perish.\u2019 For Sergeant Leo Finn of Cullman, Alabama\u2014he\u2019s had a clear vision for his life from day one. Leo feels he was \u2018born to serve in the military,\u2019 and spent 36 years serving our country in the Army and Army National Guard. Leo\u2019s conviction to serve has been an asset to our country during some of the most troubling times\u2014including the Vietnam War and War on Terror.\n\nShortly after finishing college in Cullman, Leo enlisted in the Army. He quickly deployed to Vietnam where he spent the next two years in the fight against communism in Southeast Asia. Upon returning home, he married his wife of 54 years, Sandra, and relocated back to Cullman where they have spent the last five decades working and raising their family. [\u2026]\n\nHe deployed a second time in the early 2000s to Afghanistan where he served as a Platoon Sergeant\u2014sharing this same sense of purpose with those in his company. From Alabama to Vietnam to Afghanistan, Leo has made the Yellowhammer State proud. Now, he stays involved in the Cullman community through his membership at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and his local VFW Post.\n\nOver the last few years, Leo has faced cancer head-on, but it hasn\u2019t slowed him down or made him lose his vision. He faced his diagnosis with the same philosophy he faced our enemies abroad: with bravery and without fear. [\u2026]\n\nI am thankful for Leo\u2019s calling to serve our state and country through all the challenges he\u2019s faced. It is my honor to recognize him as the July \u2018Veteran of the Month.\u2019\u201d\n\nConstituents can nominate an Alabama veteran and submit their information to Sen. Tuberville\u2019s office for consideration in the 2026 \u201cVeteran of the Month\u201d series by emailing press_office@tuberville.senate.gov.\n\nSenator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans\u2019 Affairs, HELP and Aging Committees.\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-09T08:24:13Z", "2026-07-09T08:26:05Z"]], "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.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-honors-leo-finn-of-cullman-as-july-veteran-of-the-month/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8324999362230301, "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"}