{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fulcher.house.gov/2024/06/14/id-c115e5fa-24e0-486b-b42b-090ad0bb53b7/", "Fulcher Votes to Support Servicemembers and Restore American Deterrence", "2024-06-14", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "House", "ID", "Russ Fulcher", "F000469", "fulcher.house.gov", "fulcher", "https://fulcher.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, June 14, 2024\n\nCONTACT: Christiann\u00e9 Allen, Christianne.Allen@mail.house.gov\n\nCONTACT: Marisa Melton, marisa.melton@mail.house.gov\n\nFulcher Votes to Support Servicemembers and Restore American Deterrence\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher issued the following statement after voting in favor of the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), H.R. 8070:\n\n\u201cOur service members sacrifice so much to defend our nation\u2019s freedoms and deserve all the support and resources we can offer.\n\n\u201cToday, I proudly voted to advance the Fiscal Year 2025 NDAA. This legislation will provide junior enlisted troops with a well-deserved pay increase, save billions of taxpayer dollars by slashing wasteful Washington spending, and prevent the incorporation of far-left social policies in Department of Defense (DoD) schools.\n\n\u201cIn a time of increasing global instability, ensuring our military is fully prepared to deter threats from foreign aggressors is paramount, and this bill does just that.\u201d\n\nFY25 NDAA Bill Highlights:\n\nAuthorizes a 19.5% pay raise for junior enlisted servicemembers, improves the cost of living calculation, and expands allowances for housing and food\n\nReduces healthcare wait times by expanding access to medical and mental health providers\n\nSupports Israel\u2019s right to self-defense against Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah\n\nBolsters security at the U.S. Southwest border\n\nSaves taxpayers $30 billion by cutting inefficient defense programs, obsolete weapons systems, and unnecessary Pentagon bureaucracy\n\nProhibits the incorporation of far-left policies like Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in DoD schools and prevents a military Green New Deal\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:11:47Z"]], "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://fulcher.house.gov/2024/06/14/id-c115e5fa-24e0-486b-b42b-090ad0bb53b7/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9102821350097656, "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"}