{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://larsen.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4071", "Larsen Releases Statement on Defense Policy Bill Vote", "2025-12-10", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "WA", "Rick Larsen", "L000560", "larsen.house.gov", "larsen", "https://larsen.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx", "scraper", "Today, Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement after voting in favor of the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The bipartisan NDAA passed the House by a final vote of 312 to 112 and now heads to the Senate for consideration.\n\n\u201cI supported this year\u2019s NDAA because it includes provisions to improve servicemembers\u2019 quality of life, strengthen military communities, keep commitments to NATO allies and provide necessary oversight of the Trump administration,\u201d said Rep. Larsen, who served for 22 years on the House Armed Services Committee.\n\nLarsen Priorities for AI, Education, Ukraine Included\n\nSeveral of Rep. Larsen\u2019s priorities were included in the final NDAA:\n\nA Raise for Servicemembers \u2013 The NDAA includes a 3.8% pay raise for all servicemembers.\n\nAI Literacy for Members of the Military \u2013 Rep. Larsen\u2019s AI Training for National Security Act to require the Department of Defense (DoD) to incorporate AI training into its annual cybersecurity training is included in the NDAA. More information about the legislation is available HERE.\n\nImpact Aid for Northwest Washington Schools \u2013 The bill authorizes $70 million for DoD Supplemental Impact Aid to support local school districts with large populations of military-connected students.\n\nFunding to Support Ukraine\u2019s Self-Defense \u2013 The NDAA includes $400 million for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which builds Ukraine's capacity to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity, supports institutional transformation initiatives and advances U.S. political and military objectives.\n\nSupports Our NATO Allies \u2013 The NDAA supports our transatlantic partnerships by permanently authorizing the Baltic Security initiative and stopping Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from reducing the number of troops in Europe below 76,000.\n\nOversight of Trump Administration \u2013 The NDAA also includes provisions strengthening congressional oversight of President Trump\u2019s immigration agenda, including by requiring military personnel to display their service branch name when supporting civilian law enforcement in U.S. cities and requiring DoD to report to Congress when military assets are used in immigration enforcement.\n\nRepeals Authorizations of Use of Military Force (AUMFs) \u2013 The NDAA repeals the 1991 and 2002 AUMFS, which authorized the use of military force in Iraq. This is an important step to unwinding the blanket authority presidents have to conduct war without appropriate congressional oversight.\n\nLarsen to Keep Fighting for Reproductive Health; Opposes Anti-Labor, Anti-LGBTQ+ Provisions\n\n\u201cUnfortunately, at the last minute, Republican leadership stripped out a bipartisan provision that was in both the House and Senate NDAAs to provide servicemembers with access to IVF. No one should have to choose between serving their country and starting their family, and I will keep working to ensure military families can access IVF,\u201d Larsen said.\n\n\u201cThis is not a perfect bill, and I will also keep fighting to restore collective bargaining rights for civilian DoD employees and oppose cruel, anti-LGBTQ+ attacks on servicemembers.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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://larsen.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4071"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8411090821027756, "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"}