{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://jackson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2599", "Rep. Ronny Jackson Leads Legislation to Strengthen America\u2019s Defense Industrial Base and Support Trump\u2019s America First Arms Transfer Strategy", "2026-08-20", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Ronny Jackson", "J000304", "jackson.house.gov", "jackson", "https://jackson.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, Representative Ronny Jackson (TX-13) introduced the Defense Export Modeling Alignment for National Defense Act (DEMAND Act), legislation that will advance President Trump\u2019s Executive Order 14383, \u201cEstablishing an America First Arms Transfer Strategy.\u201d Specifically, the bill will help expand America\u2019s defense industrial base by ensuring foreign military sales are fully incorporated into the Department of War\u2019s industrial base planning and production-capacity decisions.\n\n\u201cA strong national defense depends on leveraging opportunities to build the resilience of our defense industrial base,\u201d said Rep. Jackson. \u201cThe DEMAND Act will harness foreign arms purchases to drive capital investment, expand American defense production capacity, and strengthen the resilience of critical domestic suppliers. By executing on President Trump\u2019s America First Arms Transfer Strategy, we will ensure the U.S. has the capabilities to maintain our military dominance and technological superiority while supporting our warfighters and our allies and partners.\"\n\nThe bill\u2019s original cosponsors include Reps. Rich McCormick (R-GA), Mark Messmer (R-IN), Darrell Issa (R-CA), and Derrick Van Orden (R-WI).", 1, "2026-08-21T05:30:57Z", "2026-08-21T05:32:22Z"]], "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://jackson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2599"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.87174610234797, "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"}