{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://casten.house.gov/media/press-releases/casten-statement-on-ndaa-for-fy2025", "Casten Statement on NDAA for FY2025", "2024-12-11", "2024", "2024-12", "Democrat", "House", "IL", "Sean Casten", "C001117", "casten.house.gov", "casten", "https://casten.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) has released the following statement regarding the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025:\n\n\u201cIn the six years I\u2019ve been in Congress, the National Defense Authorization Act has been one of the last bastions of bipartisanship,\u201d said Rep. Sean Casten. \u201cFor decades, Republicans and Democrats alike have treated the NDAA as sacrosanct, putting our nation\u2019s national defense above politics. I have proudly voted for its final version each and every year.\n\n\u201cSadly, Speaker Johnson has bucked this tradition by including a partisan poison pill to restrict access to medically necessary health care for transgender children of service members, forcing thousands of servicemembers to make the difficult choice between their child\u2019s health care or continuing their service to our nation.\n\n\u201cOur service members and their families \u2013 who sacrifice so much so we can enjoy our freedom \u2013 deserve better than the bill brought to the floor today. Therefore, I voted No on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025.\"\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"]], "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://casten.house.gov/media/press-releases/casten-statement-on-ndaa-for-fy2025"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.539754845201969, "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"}