{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://boebert.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-boebert-issued-statement-prior-her-vote-against-first-version-national", "Rep. Boebert Issued A Statement Prior To Her Vote Against The First Version of The National Defense Authorization", "2021-09-23", "2021", "2021-09", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Lauren Boebert", "B000825", "boebert.house.gov", "boebert", "https://boebert.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, Rep. Boebert issued a statement prior to her vote against the National Defense Authorization Act.\n\nRep. Boebert\u2019s remarks:\n\n\u201cAfter much consideration, I am going to vote no on the NDAA, the National Defense Authorization Act, and you need to know why. I love our military. I\u2019m grateful for their service and sacrifice. Our brave service men and women didn\u2019t fight for this liberal woke garbage of an agenda, and I didn\u2019t come to Washington to put a rubber stamp on it either.\n\nUnfortunately, Democrats politicized and jeopardized funding for our troops in the NDAA, legislation that has traditionally been very bipartisan.\n\nBut look, just last week, Republicans were calling for the resignations and impeachment of military leaders for their total incompetence. We all saw the tragedy in Afghanistan that killed 13 of our servicemembers and the drone strike that left innocent children dead. I won\u2019t sign on to a bill that does nothing to address these failures. If the Biden regime isn\u2019t going to take any responsibility, and if Nancy Pelosi isn\u2019t going to allow Congress to pursue investigations, and if nobody is going to get fired over the Afghanistan debacle, then I am not going to vote to give the Democrats carte blanche to do that crap all over again.\n\nThere are provisions in this legislation that contain swampy earmarks, require us to cover abortion drugs, and require women to enter the draft. We are drafting our daughters. What does it say about a country that has to force its women into combat? The creation of useless offices and mandatory trainings to promote \u201cwokeness\u201d and diversity inclusion among our troops distracts from the national security mission of the armed services. And speaking of national security, the Democrats want to permanently close Guantanamo Bay. Yep, GITMO will be closed, releasing terrorists that are headed straight for our southern border, that we all know is wide open.\n\nPelosi\u2019s NDAA unconstitutionally authorizes red flag laws and a new military court gun confiscation program that will strip our men and women in uniform of their firearms based on mere allegations. Punishing our troops who seek mental health services by taking their guns will only lead to more hesitancy and higher suicide rates than we have already seen. Those troops will take pause from seeking counseling. These partisan hacks also use this bill to create a new office to counter so-called \u201cextremism\u201d in the military that will target anyone who still believes in standing for the flag in the United States.\n\nI submitted 6 amendments to this legislation, and none were allowed to receive a vote, or even debate for that matter.\n\nI\u2019ll be the first to say our military should always be fully funded. But they deserve better. Taxpayers deserve better. And that\u2019s what I\u2019ll continue to fight for every day.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"]], "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://boebert.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-boebert-issued-statement-prior-her-vote-against-first-version-national"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8906051516532898, "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"}