{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases/issa-reveals-bombshell-investigation-his-congressional-office", "Issa Reveals Bombshell Investigation by his Congressional Office", "2022-10-11", "2022", "2022-10", "Republican", "House", "CA", "Darrell Issa", "I000056", "issa.house.gov", "issa", "https://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-50) today detailed an investigation by his Congressional office that determined the Department of Defense is manipulating military recruitment goals and is covering up a crisis in morale within the Armed Forces.\n\n\u201cI cannot and will not stand by while soldiers who trust me come forward with the truth about what\u2019s happening to our military,\u201d said Rep. Issa. \u201cPresident Biden \u2013 like President Carter before him \u2013 is the leader our service members and recruits don\u2019t want to follow.\u201d\n\nThe exclusive report from Fox News specifically found that \u201cThe Army brought in 45,000 new soldiers during the 2022 fiscal year, coming up 25% short of the 60,000 goal. While it was the only branch not to meet its goal for the year, the Marine Corps, Air Force and Navy all suffered recruiting struggles that forced them to dig into their pool of delayed entry program recruits, which put them behind on their ability to meet 2023 recruiting objectives.\u201d\n\nThe Issa office investigation also included recruitment data that shows a steep decline beginning in August 2021 \u2013 concurrent with President Biden\u2019s catastrophic and deadly withdraw from Afghanistan as well as the early reveal of the Biden military vaccine mandate, which has driven thousands of service members from the military.\n\n\u201cMy office was determined to get the truth, so we tracked the numbers showing the DOD reduced the overall number of military personnel, lowered recruiting goals, and then announced it was on track to meet them. That\u2019s not true,\u201d said Issa. \u201cThe bottom line is we can\u2019t ignore is that as Commander in Chief, President Biden has damaged military morale, unit cohesion, and the special camaraderie that service members share. We can\u2019t just let this go.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"]], "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://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases/issa-reveals-bombshell-investigation-his-congressional-office"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7200390100479126, "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"}