{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://crank.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-crank-votes-favor-national-defense-authorization-act-advances-peace", "Rep. Crank Votes in Favor of National Defense Authorization Act; Advances Peace Through Strength Agenda", "2025-07-16", "2025", "2025-07", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Jeff Crank", "C001137", "crank.house.gov", "crank", "https://crank.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "July 16, 2025\n\nWASHINGTON - Last night, Rep. Jeff Crank (CO-05) voted to advance the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) out of the House Armed Services Committee and to the House Floor for consideration.\n\nThe National Defense Authorization Act focuses on reforming our nation's broken acquisition system, revitalize the defense industrial base, and help build the most capable and ready fighting force to deter our adversaries.\n\n\"Advancing the President Trump's Peace Through Strength Agenda is critical,\" said Rep. Crank. \"We are at a point where we must stay ahead of our adversaries. The National Defense Authorization Act will work to push forth President Trump's Golden Dome, advance the Department of Defense's cyber capabilities, enhance the quality of life for our service men and women, and more.\"\n\nWins Rep. Crank secured in the FY26 NDAA include:\n\nClosing loopholes that allowed the Salt Typhoon attack to occur;\n\nSupporting a tool developed in El Paso County that increases efficiency in DoD supply chains to eliminate waste and deliver cutting edge tools to our soldiers as fast as possible;\n\nSupporting strategic redundancies for protected satellite communications capabilities;\n\nAuthorizing funding to allow the Air Force Academy to buy a Colorado sourced rocket engine to ensure cadets are studying cutting edge technologies to meet the fight;\n\nImproving collaboration between the DoD and industry when developing the Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control system;\n\nSupporting the development of Very Low Earth Orbit space systems in Colorado;\n\nProtecting Fort Carson\u2019s 158th General Support Aviation Battalion which supports El Paso County Search and Rescue operations;\n\nMultiple amendments protecting Colorado Children\u2019s Hospital from harmful Biden-era cuts;\n\nEnsuring Air Force Academy admissions are merit based and not determined by harmful DEI standards;\n\nAccelerating the certification and construction of SCIF spaces;\n\nProtecting the Air Force Academy from wildfires;\n\nSecuring the future of the National Guard\u2019s Fire Guard program at Buckley SFB which provides satellite-enabled wildfire detection and mapping;\n\nAccelerating the replacement of aging USSF ground infrastructure to maintain readiness;\n\nDirecting the Army to expand the number of sites it conducts counter-drone testing;\n\nAdvances the development of Golden Dome for America;\n\nProvides a 3.8% pay raise for our men and women in uniform;\n\nProvides needed funding to improve on-base housing;\n\nSupports the development of next generation GPS satellites in Colorado;\n\nAdvances hypersonic testing to counter Chinese and Russian capabilities;\n\nSupports missions to prep the Space Force to be able to quickly replace on-orbit assets;\n\nAuthorizes more funding for a Colorado Springs based program that increases efficiency in how the DOD acquires space-based data;\n\nContains the Congressman\u2019s SMART for TBI Act to improve care for servicemembers who suffer a traumatic brain injury;\n\nAdvances research into Arctic Weather Combat Casualty Care that will occur in Colorado;\n\nAddresses the shrinking defense industrial base to protect El Paso County small businesses.\n\n###", 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://crank.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-crank-votes-favor-national-defense-authorization-act-advances-peace"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6955230385065079, "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"}