{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://balint.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=585", "House Votes to Fund Vermont Small Business, MVP Robotics, Contract with Department of Defense", "2025-07-18", "2025", "2025-07", "Democrat", "House", "VT", "Becca Balint", "B001318", "balint.house.gov", "balint", "https://balint.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL)\u2019s amendment to include a $10,000,000 Department of Defense contract with a Vermont small business, MVP Robotics, in the appropriations bill passed today. MVP Robotics is headquartered in Bradford, VT and employs 23 people across Vermont and New Hampshire. The passage of Rep. Balint\u2019s amendment will bring major growth to an emerging technology company. MVP Robotics dual use technology was developed for sports teams and military training.\n\n\u201cIt is critical our small businesses have growth opportunities to bring jobs to and grow innovation in Vermont,\u201d said Rep. Balint. \u201cAnd since its founding MVP Robotics has been on the cutting edge of our state\u2019s technology industry. I\u2019m thrilled to have secured this amendment in the larger Department of Defense spending bill to continue to support our state\u2019s culture of innovation and the strength of our small businesses.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T14:40:33Z"]], "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://balint.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=585"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.30486411601305, "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"}