{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://paulryan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398582", "Ryan Statement on Latest Tomah VA Scandal", "2016-12-01", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Paul Ryan", "R000570", "paulryan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 Wisconsin\u2019s First District congressman and speaker of the House, Paul Ryan issued the following statement after news that almost 600 veterans who received care at the Tomah VA Medical Center may have been infected with various diseases following a breach of VA regulations.\u201cThis news is not just heartbreaking;\u00a0it\u2019s outrageous. How can our veterans be treated so carelessly and where is the accountability? The individual in question has not even been fired\u2014a truly stunning show of bureaucratic impunity. This  demonstrates once and for all that the VA needs a complete overhaul, so that our veterans finally get the care\u2014and the respect\u2014they deserve.\u201d", 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://paulryan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398582"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7054600175470114, "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"}