{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fedorchak.house.gov/media/press-releases/fedorchak-applauds-fy26-ndaa-passage", "Fedorchak applauds FY26 NDAA passage", "2025-12-10", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "ND", "Julie Fedorchak", "F000482", "fedorchak.house.gov", "fedorchak", "https://fedorchak.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) released the following statement after voting in favor of S. 1071, The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026:\n\n\u201cThis is a strong defense bill that reinforces peace through strength and helps maintain America\u2019s edge by giving our service members the tools, training, and support they deserve,\u201d Fedorchak said. \u201cIt strengthens our nuclear mission at Minot, builds on North Dakota\u2019s growing footprint in space operations at Grand Forks and Cavalier, and delivers meaningful quality-of-life improvements for military families.\"\n\nNorth Dakota wins in the NDAA:\n\nThe bill authorizes full funding for ongoing nuclear modernization, including the Sentinel ICBM and critical command-and-control upgrades, while prohibiting any reduction of the ICBM fleet size below 400. These provisions safeguard Minot Air Force Base\u2019s core nuclear mission and protect the backbone of America\u2019s deterrence strategy.\n\nThe legislation reinforces North Dakota\u2019s central role in the national security space. Cavalier Space Force Station remains essential to missile warning and space domain awareness, while Grand Forks Air Force Base continues expanding tracking and sensing capabilities. The FY26 NDAA accelerates next-generation space investments and expands opportunities for Space Force Guardians.\n\nThe FY26 NDAA also authorizes $5.2 million for the design of an Army National Guard armory in Jamestown\u2014a much needed facility that will improve the readiness of our force.\n\nKey provisions include:\n\nProvides enlisted service members with a 3.8 percent pay raise.\n\nExpands our counter-drone defenses and new technologies.\n\nAdvances the Golden Dome and enhances America\u2019s nuclear deterrent and new nuclear power technologies.\n\nEnacts guardrails to protect America\u2019s long-term investments and economic interests.\n\nFully supports the deployment of National Guard and active-duty troops at the southwest border to intercept illegal aliens and drugs.\n\nEnhances U.S. defense initiatives in the Indo-Pacific to bolster Taiwan\u2019s defense and support Indo-Pacific allies.\n\nRevitalizes American shipbuilding and expands the Maritime Industrial Base.\n\nStrengthens U.S.-Israel military operations and cooperative missile defense programs.\n\nStrengthens our defense industrial base and supply chains.\n\nReforms the defense acquisition process to eliminate regulatory barriers, enhance speed, and scale capacity for our Warfighters.\n\nAccelerates the development and delivery of space capabilities to counter Chinese and Russian nuclear arsenals and space surveillance.\n\nStreamlines operations by eliminating $20 billion in obsolete weapons, inefficient programs, and Pentagon bureaucracy.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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://fedorchak.house.gov/media/press-releases/fedorchak-applauds-fy26-ndaa-passage"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9134639985859394, "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"}