{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://deluzio.house.gov/media/press-releases/deluzio-vote-no-defense-bill-increasing-funding-reckless-iran-war", "Deluzio to Vote \u2018No\u2019 on Defense Bill Increasing Funding for Reckless Iran War", "2026-07-22", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Christopher R. Deluzio", "D000530", "deluzio.house.gov", "deluzio", "https://deluzio.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 After initially voting against the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in the House Armed Services Committee, Navy and Iraq War veteran Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) will again vote 'no\u2019 on the NDAA in today's House Floor vote. The Pennsylvania Congressman\u2019s opposition stems from several issues, including a $1.15 trillion increase to Department of Defense (DoD) funding amidst this deadly and expensive Iran War, and rising concerns about corruption and price gouging in the DoD\u2019s defense contracting.\n\n\u201cI will not vote for unrestricted funding to blindly continue Donald Trump\u2019s reckless, deadly, and expensive Iran War,\u201d said Congressman Deluzio. \u201cAmid many reports of corruption, self-dealing, and price gouging, this Defense Bill was a chance for the Congress to impose real oversight over the Defense Department and its contractors, to better protect public money, and to fight corruption. This bill failed to do that\u2014and will instead hand over a $1.15 trillion check without meaningful guardrails to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth\u2019s failed leadership.\u201d\n\nCongressman Deluzio continues, \u201cWe need our military ready for anything. That means pushing back against the defense industrial complex to fight for real competition and transparency in the Defense Department.\"\n\nThe Republican House Majority refused to include Congressman Deluzio\u2019s NDAA amendments that would have prevented defense contractors from issuing stock buybacks when they fail to properly invest in research, development, or their own infrastructure.\n\nThe final bill also dismissed Congressman Deluzio\u2019s anti-corruption efforts that would have stopped Department and Administration officials from enriching themselves through DoD contracts and created ethics standards for DoD employees and contractors. A recent Washington Post article reported that two of President Trump\u2019s sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, have built a new portfolio of defense technology investments since their father was elected a second time. The defense contractors linked to these investments have collectively generated billions in government business and contracts.\n\n###", 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://deluzio.house.gov/media/press-releases/deluzio-vote-no-defense-bill-increasing-funding-reckless-iran-war"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2746821157634258, "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"}