{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases/johnson-votes-end-woke-policies-strengthen-military-get-tough-china", "Johnson Votes to End Woke Policies, Strengthen Military, Get Tough on China", "2024-12-12", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "SD", "Dusty Johnson", "J000301", "dustyjohnson.house.gov", "dustyjohnson", "https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, the House passed the annual defense package, which included two provisions led by U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.). The bill provides a substantial pay raise to troops, ends politically woke policies, strengthens America\u2019s military, and gets tough on China. Johnson voted to pass the bill.\n\n\u201cPolitically \u2018woke\u2019 culture has infiltrated our military, but this bill puts an end to some of those policies like paying for gender transition treatments for youth,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cI\u2019m glad my provisions to hold China accountable, support our B-21 bombers, and strengthen the Second Amendment were included. Passing the annual defense package is critical to strengthening our military and giving the Department of Defense the resources they need to project a strong military abroad\u2014and stay focused on lethality. Our servicemembers deserve the investment this bill provides.\u201d\n\nThe defense package restores the focus of our military on lethality by banning the Department of Defense from providing gender transition treatments for minors and promoting Critical Race Theory in the military and in classrooms. The bill also prohibits the DoD from instituting a Military Green New Deal, which would force servicemembers and employees to use electric vehicles for official travel and would give preference to weapons with lower climate impacts.\n\nThe bill includes Johnson\u2019s provision to hold China accountable for their unfair shipping practices. The Shanghai Shipping Exchange has been using anti-competitive market practices to benefit China\u2019s economy, instead of employing fairness in the global shipping market.\n\nIt also includes a provision championed by Johnson to modernize Proof of Delivery (POD) notifications for certain firearm transfers. Over the past year, the U.S. Postal Service has caused delays confirming the necessary POD for these transfers. Johnson worked on a provision to allow electronic notifications as an alternative, and quicker, confirmation process for law enforcement officers who chose that method.\n\nThis year marks the 64th consecutive year of passing the National Defense Authorization Act.\n\nThe Fiscal Year 2025 annual defense package will:", 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://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases/johnson-votes-end-woke-policies-strengthen-military-get-tough-china"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6053831204771996, "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"}