{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bacon.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=695", "Bacon Joins Senate and House Colleagues to Support National Guard, Capitol Police, and Afghan Partners", "2021-07-29", "2021", "2021-07", "Republican", "House", "NE", "Don Bacon", "B001298", "bacon.house.gov", "bacon", "https://bacon.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx", "scraper", "Washington, DC \u2013 Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02) today voted for emergency appropriations for the National Guard, U.S. Capitol Security, assistance for Afghan partners, and other funding needs. Not only does this legislation reimburse the agencies who responded to the events on January 6 at the U.S. Capitol, it aids our partners in Afghanistan who worked alongside our military as translators and in other roles.\n\n\u201cOur national defenders and first responders answered the call to protect our Capitol and we must in turn answer the call to make sure they are reimbursed so that critical operations are not canceled,\u201d said Bacon. \u201cThis bill is straight-forward and addresses what is needed, without unnecessary additions and items that have zero relation to the matter at hand.\u201d\n\nThe bill fully reimburses the National Guard $521 million for costs incurred during the deployment at the Capitol, $106 million to the U.S. Capitol Police for operations, and $300 million to upgrade some security measures with the Capitol complex. It also provides funding to assist Afghan partners who assisted our military by providing funds for transportation, temporary housing, and transitional services.\n\n\u201cThis nation owes a debt of gratitude to our Afghan partners who worked alongside our military during operations to secure freedom in their home county and this funding will ensure their safety,\u201d said Bacon.\n\nNot only does this bill support our National Guard, Capitol Police and Afghan partners, it is more fiscally responsible.\n\n\u201cThis clean legislation refunds the budgets of those agencies who protected our capitol and supports those who have aided our country, without bankrupting America\u2019s wallets like the bill previously passed by the House,\u201d added Bacon.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:03:51Z"]], "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://bacon.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=695"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4735530130565166, "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"}