{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://kelly.house.gov/media/press-releases/kelly-supports-national-defense-authorization-act-pay-raise-military-service", "Kelly supports National Defense Authorization Act, pay raise for military service members", "2024-12-12", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Mike Kelly", "K000376", "kelly.house.gov", "kelly", "https://kelly.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 This week, U.S. Rep Mike Kelly (R-PA) voted in favor of the FY2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a comprehensive package of legislation to support our military and national defense programs.\n\n\"The NDAA provides a well-deserved pay raise and much-needed support for our brave men and women in uniform,\" Rep. Kelly said. \"With war in Europe, the Middle East, and increased tensions between China and Taiwan, a strong national defense is vital to American security at home and abroad.\"\n\nWHAT\u2019S INCLUDED:\n\nProvide junior enlisted servicemembers with a 14.5% pay raise.\n\nFully support the deployment of National Guard at the southwest border to intercept illegal aliens and drugs.\n\nIncludes dozens of sections that address PRC security threats and economic security issues\n\nPrevent Chinese espionage in our military, supply chains, and research institutions.\n\nExpand U.S.-Israel military exercises and fully fund cooperative missile defense programs.\n\nIncrease funding for U.S. defense initiatives in the Indo-Pacific to bolster Taiwan\u2019s defense and support Indo-Pacific allies.\n\nSave $31 billion by cutting inefficient programs, obsolete weapons, and bloated Pentagon bureaucracy.\n\nCut $4 billion in programs that do not meet requirements.\n\nProhibit contracts with advertising firms that blacklist conservative news sources, like NewsGuard Technologies Inc.\n\nAbolish the DEI bureaucracy and climate change programs.\n\nBans the teaching, training, or promotion of critical race theory.\n\nPermanently ban transgender medical treatment for minors.\n\nCounter antisemitism by prohibiting sale of goods at DOD commissaries and exchanges from any entities that have or are engaged in a boycott of Israel.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"]], "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://kelly.house.gov/media/press-releases/kelly-supports-national-defense-authorization-act-pay-raise-military-service"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.465172041207552, "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"}