{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://lamborn.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1442", "Supporting the VA Committee's Accountability Check", "2015-12-10", "2015", "2015-12", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Doug Lamborn", "L000564", "lamborn.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "This week, the House Veterans Affairs Committee held an end-of-year review with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Representing the VA were Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson and Meghan Flanz, Deputy General Counsel of Legal Operations and Accountability. \nChairman Miller opened the hearing with a call for the VA to accept responsibility for its misdeeds and proactively pursue widespread changes to stop corruption and abuse.\nDuring the hearing, committee members pressed VA officials on such topics as:\n- Whistleblower protection\n- Disciplinary actions for corrupt employees\n- The hiring and firing process\n- Training local offices on new practices\n- External healthcare providers\nThe status quo at the VA should be a cause of concern for ethical people everywhere. As more individual cases come to light, thanks to whistleblowers, the media, and individual cases handled by Members of Congress, we must not lose sight of the fact that there remain massive, systemic issues within the VA that they have not addressed in any meaningful way. \nOur brave veterans should not have to fight for our country and then return home only to fight a government bureaucracy to receive the care they deserve. I stand with my colleagues on the Veterans Affairs Committee and demand more for our veterans.\n- Congressman Doug Lamborn, CO-05\nTo read a personal account of how Veterans are mistreated by the VA, read Jason Katzs article VAs lost sense of mission.", 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://lamborn.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1442"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7049969863146544, "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"}