{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://buddycarter.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=16595", "Carter secures $346.1 million for GA-01 in House-passed defense bill", "2026-07-22", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "House", "GA", "Earl L. \"Buddy\" Carter", "C001103", "buddycarter.house.gov", "buddycarter", "https://buddycarter.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Rep. Earl L. \u201cBuddy\u201d Carter (R-GA) today secured $346.1 million for Georgia\u2019s First Congressional District in the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which heads to the Senate for consideration.\n\nThe NDAA includes $130 million in new funding for Kings Bay Naval Base for the Trident Refit Facility Expansion project to build the infrastructure needed to maintain the more advanced incoming Columbia-class nuclear-powered submarines.\n\n\u201cAs the world\u2019s premier fighting force, the United States military must have the resources necessary to remain second to none. To deliver on that promise, I fought to secure funding for our local military bases to support and expand critical infrastructure,\u201d said Rep. Carter. \u201cI am proud to have advocated for and supported legislation that strengthens Georgia\u2019s First District military community, raises service members\u2019 pay, improves barracks, and removes wokeness from our Armed Forces and refocuses on readiness and lethality.\u201d\n\nIn addition to a 5 to 7 percent pay increase for all service members, the funding for Georgia\u2019s First Congressional District includes:\n\n$130 million for Kings Bay Trident Refit Facility Expansion\n\n$11.2 million for Kings Bay Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Modernization (extended)\n\n$74.5 million for Kings Bay Electrical Transmission and Distribution Improvements (extended)\n\n$105 million for Fort Stewart barracks (extended)\n\n$25.4 million for Hunter Army Airfield and Fort Stewart joint grid power generation (extended)", 1, "2026-07-23T07:31:02Z", "2026-07-23T07:32:26Z"]], "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://buddycarter.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=16595"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7874798029661179, "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"}