{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://stivers.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=364304", "Stivers Presents \u201cI Hire Vets\u201d Award to Company Wrench", "2013-12-12", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "OH", "Steve Stivers", "S001187", "stivers.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Steve Stivers (R-OH) this week presented an \u201cI Hire Vets\u201d Award to Company Wrench.\u00a0 Through his \u201cI Hire Vets\u201d Program, Congressman Stivers recognizes companies throughout Ohio\u2019s 15th Congressional District who make hiring veterans a priority.\r\n\u201cI would like to thank Company Wrench for their outstanding efforts in hiring veterans,\u201d Stivers said. \u201cVeterans are well-trained, and they make great employees in the private sector. As a nation, we should be doing more to help our veterans return to work when they leave the military, which is why it is so important to recognize companies, like Company Wrench, who make hiring veterans a priority.\u201d\r\nCompany Wrench, is an Ohio-based company focusing on the manufacturing, sales, rentals, parts and service of scrap, demolition, and construction equipment. Headquartered in Carroll, Ohio, Company Wrench operates in 13 locations across the US.\u00a0 Approximately 10 percent of the employees at Company Wrench are veterans.\r\nThe unemployment rate for returning veterans remains high.\u00a0 Currently, the jobless rate for post 9/11 veterans stands at around 10 percent, which is higher than the seven percent unemployment rate facing the general public today.\u00a0 \r\nAccording to recent reports, there are between 240,000 and 360,000 service members leaving military service every year and this has become an even more pressing issue as troops have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan. -30-", 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://stivers.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=364304"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4237849973142147, "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"}