{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mcbride-its-no-coincidence-1960s-era-marked-chaos-and-conflict-we-dreamed", "Rep. McBride: \u201cIt's no coincidence that in the 1960s, an era marked by chaos and conflict, we dreamed of and reached the moon.\u201d", "2026-04-22", "2026", "2026-04", "Democrat", "House", "DE", "Sarah McBride", "M001238", "mcbride.house.gov", "mcbride", "https://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 Today, Congresswoman Sarah McBride (D-Del.), a member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, highlighted the unifying power of space exploration, reflecting on the Artemis II mission as a moment of national inspiration and civic renewal during a committee hearing on the President\u2019s FY27 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Budget Request.\n\n\u201cI, like so many people across the United States and around the world, stared at my screen in wonder, watching those four astronauts take off, fly by the moon, and ultimately splash down in the Pacific,\u201d said Rep. McBride.\n\nRep. McBride\u2019s opening remarks underscored her belief in the power of NASA\u2019s work\u2014especially during times of chaos and conflict\u2014to bring people together around a shared sense of purpose.\n\n\u201c...Moments like this are not only scientifically significant, they\u2019re civically healing. It\u2019s truly a national accomplishment and a global event. In my mind, it\u2019s an antidote to the division that seems to define our age\u2014and moments like this seem to come just when we need them most. I think it\u2019s no coincidence that in the 1960s, an era marked by chaos and conflict, we dreamed of and reached the moon,\u201d continued Rep. McBride.\n\nShe harkened back to President John F. Kennedy\u2019s address 65 years ago, in which he urged Congress to fully fund NASA\u2019s mission to reach the moon as part of a broader effort to advance freedom and reject tyranny.\n\n\u201c...65 years ago this May, President Kennedy spoke words that ring just as true today when he declared, quote, \u2018If we are to win the battle that is now going on around the world between freedom and tyranny, the dramatic achievements in space which occurred in recent weeks should have made clear to us all the impact of this adventure on the minds of people everywhere, who are attempting to make a determination of which road they should take,\u2019\u201d Rep. McBride noted.\n\nRep. McBride contrasted that moment of leadership with the present day\u2014highlighting the difference between a president who came before Congress to make the case for America\u2019s space ambitions and one who has failed to provide transparency to the American people.\n\n\u201c[President Kennedy] said those words to Congress as he asked this body to appropriate the necessary funds\u2014not only to go to the moon, but to achieve all of NASA\u2019s goals,\u201d continued Rep. McBride. \u201cHe came to Congress, Congress appropriated, NASA executed, and Congress provided oversight. Unfortunately, that constitutional obligation is undermined when the administration fails to\u2014or is significantly delayed in\u2014providing the information we are legally entitled to in order to perform that oversight role.\u201d\n\nAfter her remarks, Rep. McBride pressed NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman for a commitment to share a detailed spending plan, as required by law, to ensure accountability for how public funds will be used. She also raised concerns about the cancellations of projects in the President\u2019s Budget Request that would have advanced scientific research and space exploration.\n\nThe video of Rep. McBride\u2019s remarks can be viewed here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-06-06T06:16:30Z", "2026-06-06T06:17:47Z"]], "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://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mcbride-its-no-coincidence-1960s-era-marked-chaos-and-conflict-we-dreamed"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.061512019485235, "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"}