{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://alford.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1700", "Alford Highlights America First Wins in House-Passed FY27 National Security Appropriations Bill", "2026-07-15", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "House", "MO", "Mark Alford", "A000379", "alford.house.gov", "alford", "https://alford.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, DC\u2014 Today, Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the National Security, State Department, and Related Programs (NSRP) funding bill for fiscal year 2027.\n\n\u201cThis FY2027 National Security, State Department, and Related Programs bill advances President Trump\u2019s America First agenda,\u201d said Congressman Alford. \u201cWe\u2019re cutting spending $2.69 billion below last year\u2019s level while delivering robust support for key allies like Israel and Taiwan and holding adversaries like Communist China and Iran accountable. This legislation prioritizes fiscal responsibility, protects American taxpayer dollars, promotes self-sufficiency in foreign assistance, and ensures our foreign policy strengthens U.S. national security.\u201d\n\nCongressman Alford secured several priorities in the NSRP funding bill, including:\n\nCutting all federal funding for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) to ensure American taxpayers are not bankrolling left-wing content that undermines our national interest, while creating new global broadcasting programs under the direct oversight of the State Department.\n\nLanguage to ensure more foreign assistance provided by American taxpayers is Made in America by strengthening domestic procurement requirements.\n\nProvisions to advance President Trump\u2019s America First Health Policy to ensure partner nations are increasing their cost-sharing.\n\nProvisions to ensure timely processing of visas and passports associated with the upcoming World Cup, which Kansas City will host this summer.\n\nAppropriate funding of National Security Investment Programs under the State Department to ensure that all foreign assistance is supporting national security\u2014not woke projects overseas.\n\nProvisions urging the State Department to ensure that American defense manufacturing remains dominant and prevent foreign entities from undermining our defense industrial base.\n\nA summary of the bill is available here.\n\nBill text is available here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-16T07:21:44Z", "2026-07-16T07:23:13Z"]], "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://alford.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1700"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6666119918227196, "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"}