{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mccaul.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/mccaul-votes-fund-us-military-support-servicemembers-and-restore-dod", "McCaul Votes to Fund U.S. Military, Support Servicemembers, and Restore DoD Lethality", "2024-12-11", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Michael T. McCaul", "M001157", "mccaul.house.gov", "mccaul", "https://mccaul.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) issued the following statement after voting for the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement Act and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025.\n\n\u201cThe world is on fire, our adversaries are on the move, and the United States cannot afford to fall behind,\u201d said Rep. McCaul. \u201cI was proud to support this year\u2019s National Defense Authorization Act to restore the focus of our military back to lethality, give our warfighters the tools they need to combat our adversaries, and counter the increased aggression of the Unholy Alliance. But most importantly, this bill improves the quality of life of our brave men and women in uniform. It authorizes a pay raise, improves housing, and provides adequate healthcare to ensure these heroes have access to the resources they earned.\u201d\n\nRep. McCaul also supported many other conservative victories in the FY25 NDAA, which:\n\nAuthorizes a 14.5% pay raise for junior enlisted servicemembers and supports a 4.5% pay raise for all other servicemembers;\n\nConstructs new housing and childcare facilities for military families;\n\nExpands access to medical care, including mental health providers for servicemembers;\n\nRestores the focus of our military on lethality by ending radical Democrat policies, strengthening the United States defense industrial base, and supporting innovation;\n\nDeters the Chinese Communist Party by providing deterrence in the Indo-Pacific, preventing Chinese espionage, and supporting Taiwan;\n\nDefends our ally Israel by supporting it with the weapons it needs to counter Iran-backed terrorist groups;\n\nSecures our southern border by supporting law enforcement operations; and\n\nCuts wasteful spending within the Department of Defense, saving taxpayer dollars.\n\n###", 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://mccaul.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/mccaul-votes-fund-us-military-support-servicemembers-and-restore-dod"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3397810980677605, "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"}