{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://kevinmccarthy.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/we-can-help-prevent-veteran-suicides", "We Can Help Prevent Veteran Suicides", "2014-12-09", "2014", "2014-12", "Republican", "House", "CA", "Kevin McCarthy", "M001165", "kevinmccarthy.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Kevin McCarthy \u00a0released the following statement on House passage of the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans (SAV) Act:\n\u201cClay Hunt was a good man and a good Marine. After being wounded in Iraq, he again answered the call of duty for a second tour in Afghanistan, demonstrating his courage and his desire to serve his country. But when he got home, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) failed him. Though he struggled with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from his combat experiences, Clay endured a backlog in the VA. They didn\u2019t help him in time, and he was overcome by his depression.\n\u201cAccording to the VA, 22 veterans commit suicide every day. Each and every one of these deaths is a tragedy that our country cannot accept. Today, the House voted to reform the VA by encouraging more health care professionals to serve in the VA, centralizing information regarding all mental health services in the department, and increasing accountability on the VA\u2019s mental health and suicide prevention practices.\u00a0\n\u201cNo veterans should ever lack access to mental health care or feel abandoned by the agency created to care for them. We must honor Clay\u2019s memory by fixing the broken system and serving those veterans who have suffered wounds serving us.\u201d\u00a0\n\u00a0\n###", 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": ["http://kevinmccarthy.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/we-can-help-prevent-veteran-suicides"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.4222591891884804, "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"}