{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://amodei.house.gov/news-releases/amodei-statement-house-vote-approve-waiver-secretary-defense-nominee", "Amodei Statement on House Vote to Approve Waiver for Secretary of Defense Nominee", "2021-01-21", "2021", "2021-01", "Republican", "House", "NV", "Mark E. Amodei", "A000369", "amodei.house.gov", "amodei", "https://amodei.house.gov/news-releases", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\nContact: Logan Tucker, 202-225-6155\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-02) today released the following statement after voting in support of a waiver to permit General Lloyd Austin to be confirmed as Secretary of Defense:\n\n\"In 2017, a bipartisan majority in the House approved the same waiver when General Mattis was nominated to serve as President Trump's Defense Secretary. Today, I was pleased to join my colleagues in the House in maintaining that same bipartisan consistency by voting in support of a waiver for a position that is critical to keeping Americans safe and leading our men and women in uniform.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:19:43Z"]], "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://amodei.house.gov/news-releases/amodei-statement-house-vote-approve-waiver-secretary-defense-nominee"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1639310978353024, "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"}