{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://clyde.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=63", "Rep. Clyde Applauds Passage of FY22 NDAA", "2021-12-08", "2021", "2021-12", "Republican", "House", "GA", "Andrew S. Clyde", "C001116", "clyde.house.gov", "clyde", "https://clyde.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Today, Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) released the following statement after the House passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 last night by a vote of 363-70:\n\n\u201cAs a 28-year Navy veteran who served three combat tours in Kuwait and Iraq, I strongly believe funding, equipping, and supporting our military is paramount to the security of our great nation. With threats increasing from adversaries across the globe, this year\u2019s NDAA bolsters our capabilities to properly counter threats posed by China, Russia, Iran, and radical terrorist organizations.\n\n\u201cNo matter the mission, our brave men and women in uniform answer the call to protect our national interests and preserve our precious freedoms. We owe it to our troops to deliver the support and resources they need, which is why I am pleased that this NDAA provides a well-deserved 2.7% pay increase to our servicemembers and makes historic investments in future warfighter technologies.\n\n\u201cI sincerely commend my Republican colleagues on the House and Senate Armed Service Committees for successfully working with Democrats to remove the poison pills that, as a staunch conservative, I could never support, including the proposed office of Countering Extremism, the proposed \u2018Red Flag\u2019 laws, and the requirement for women to register for Selective Service. Now that those partisan provisions have been eliminated, I am proud to support the final passage of this year\u2019s NDAA, which strengthens our nation\u2019s readiness to ensure that we have the most lethal military force in the world.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nSpecifically, the conferenced FY22 NDAA:\n\nBoosts topline defense spending by $25 billion to reverse President Biden\u2019s woefully underfunded budget\n\nProvides a 2.7% pay raise for and expanded benefits for military families\n\nEnsures historic investments in emerging technology, like AI, quantum computing, and hypersonic weapons\n\nSecures funding to defend our allies from Russian aggression, including $300 million for the Ukraine Security Alliance Initiative and $4 billion for the European Deterrence Initiative fund\n\nInvests $7.1 billion for the Pacific Deterrence Initiative in preparing our military to prevail in conflict with China\n\nEstablishes that it is the policy of U.S. to maintain the ability to resist Chinese efforts to seize control of Taiwan\n\nProhibits a dishonorable discharge for servicemembers who refuse a COVID-19 vaccination and requires uniform procedures for vaccine exemptions\n\nRemoved language requiring women to register for Selective Service at 18 years of age\n\nEliminated language establishing an Office of Countering Extremism that would have created an ideological litmus test for servicemembers in violation of their First Amendment rights\n\nRemoved dangerous \u201cRed Flag\u201d language that could strip servicemembers\u2019 and veterans\u2019 Second Amendment rights.\n\nAdditional provisions may be found in the bill text HERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:37:48Z"]], "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://clyde.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=63"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1454939376562834, "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"}