{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/video-young-welcomes-terre-haute-air-national-guard-chaplain-to-deliver-senate-prayer/", "VIDEO: Young Welcomes Terre Haute Air National Guard Chaplain to Deliver Senate Prayer", "2023-09-27", "2023", "2023-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "**Click here or above to watch Lt Col Lundy\u2019s opening prayer.**\n\nWASHINGTON \u2013 This morning, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) welcomed Chaplain (Lt Col) Kent Lundy, Wing Chaplain for the 181st Intelligence Wing in Terre Haute, to deliver the opening prayer in the United States Senate.\n\nYoung nominated Chaplain Lundy to serve as the Senate\u2019s Guest Chaplain for the day.\n\n\u201cChaplain Lundy has devoted his life to God and to meeting the spiritual needs of his fellow Hoosiers and the men and women who serve our country,\u201d said Senator Young, in remarks on the Senate floor. \u201cI do not know if he found the U.S. Senate as big of a thrill as the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where he has offered prayers, but we are privileged to have had Chaplain Lundy deliver today\u2019s invocation.\u201d\n\nAn Airman-pastor, Lt Col Kent Lundy has long served his country and the communities he has called home. He wears the uniform of the Air Force as a member of the Indiana National Guard and is an Ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church.\n\nChaplain Lundy has been a member of the Indiana Air National Guard for 16 years, 12 of which were with the 122nd Fighter Wing in Fort Wayne as a Chaplain. He was deployed overseas twice and for the last four years has been on active duty with the 181st Intelligence Wing in Terre Haute.\n\nAs Wing Chaplain, he supports the physical, social, mental, and spiritual needs \u2013 the four pillars of Airman Fitness \u2013 of his fellow guardsmen as they provide our military with critical assistance for missions and rescue efforts during natural disasters. He also is an advocate for Hoosier veterans and has worked to destigmatize and increase access to mental health care for those who have served.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:35:26Z"]], "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.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/video-young-welcomes-terre-haute-air-national-guard-chaplain-to-deliver-senate-prayer/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8847690187394619, "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"}