{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://macarthur.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/macarthur-reacts-dod-decision-suspend-collection-bonuses", "MacArthur Reacts to DOD Decision to Suspend Collection of Bonuses", "2016-10-26", "2016", "2016-10", "Republican", "House", "NJ", "Tom MacArthur", "M001193", "macarthur.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congressman MacArthur released the following statement on the Department of Defense\u2019s decision to suspend the collection of bonuses awarded to our veterans:\nThe scandal involving some 9,700 California National Guard soldiers who received the bonuses in 2006 and 2007, when the Bush Administration was struggling to find soldiers to fight the two wars, stoked nationwide outrage after The Los Angeles Times broke the story over the weekend.\n\u201cI\u2019m glad to hear the Department of Defense has reversed their decision to clawback funds awarded to the soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines that risked their lives to serve our country in a time of need,\u201d said Congressman MacArthur. \u201cThis should never have gotten as far as it did \u2013 we must never betray the contract our brave men and women sign by throwing their families into debt and compromising their financial stability through no fault of their own.\u201d\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://macarthur.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/macarthur-reacts-dod-decision-suspend-collection-bonuses"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9826100431382656, "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"}