{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://halrogers.house.gov/press-releases?ID=762ECA9B-DC74-4530-AFB8-195B94EDE323", "Congressman Rogers Votes for 2026 Defense Funding Bill", "2025-07-18", "2025", "2025-07", "Republican", "House", "KY", "Harold Rogers", "R000395", "halrogers.house.gov", "halrogers", "https://halrogers.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Invests in American Manufacturing and Innovation for Defense\n\nWASHINGTON, DC (July 18, 2025) \u2013 The U.S. House of Representatives passed the fiscal year 2026 Defense Appropriations Act. The legislation provides $831 billion to strengthen and modernize our military, including a 3.8% pay raise for U.S. troops with better benefits for their families. Focusing on combat readiness, the bill invests in cutting-edge aircraft and weapons, including $13 billion in support of America\u2019s Golden Dome defense initiative.\n\nCongressman Hal Rogers, Dean of the House, voted in support of the Defense funding bill to champion our warfighters and restore American military superiority.\n\n\u201cNational defense must remain America\u2019s first priority, and this bill makes powerful investments to restore our military readiness and dominance, starting with stronger support for the brave men and women who defend this great nation every day,\u201d said Congressman Rogers, a senior appropriator. \u201cIn addition to the warfighters from Kentucky who have answered the call of duty, I\u2019m exceptionally proud of the military support that is produced in Kentucky\u2019s Fifth Congressional District, through innovation, education and competitive manufacturing of military supplies. This bill bolsters our military supply chain and ensures that critical jobs remain in place that support defense operations from production lines to our nation\u2019s frontlines.\u201d\n\nThe bill also includes $1.15 billion for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, including $305 million for the National Guard Counter-Drug program and $678 million for counternarcotics support.\n\n\u201cWe have witnessed historic declines in overdose death rates in Kentucky over the last year, and this bill will continue to help save lives across the country by stopping more drugs from ever getting into our communities,\u201d continued Rogers.\n\nThe Defense Appropriations Bill now moves to the U.S. Senate for consideration.\n\nFor more information about Congressman Rogers\u2019 work in Washington and at home in Kentucky, visit halrogers.house.gov and follow him on social media.", 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://halrogers.house.gov/press-releases?ID=762ECA9B-DC74-4530-AFB8-195B94EDE323"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8579299319535494, "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"}