{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mccollum.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-mccollum-votes-against-national-defense-authorization-act", "Congresswoman McCollum Votes Against National Defense Authorization Act", "2026-07-22", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "MN", "Betty McCollum", "M001143", "mccollum.house.gov", "mccollum", "https://mccollum.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Congresswoman Betty McCollum, the Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, issued the following statement on Wednesday evening upon voting against the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA):\n\n\u201cOur service members and their families deserve a bipartisan NDAA that respects everyone\u2019s service to our nation and does not contain right-wing culture war policy provisions. Unfortunately, that is not the type of NDAA House Republicans have advanced. In fact, Republicans are so desperate to pass the SAVE America Act \u2014 their bill that would make it more difficult for Americans to vote \u2014 that they attached it to this bill. This Republican NDAA also does nothing to rein in President Trump\u2019s ongoing misuse of the military \u2014 chief among them, the president\u2019s war of choice with Iran, which has never been authorized by Congress. I am also deeply concerned that this bill authorizes over a trillion dollars in funding for the Pentagon at a time when Republicans in Congress continue to make deep cuts to healthcare, education, nutrition assistance, and other programs that Americans depend on.\u201d", 1, "2026-07-24T07:30:11Z", "2026-07-24T07:31:13Z"]], "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://mccollum.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-mccollum-votes-against-national-defense-authorization-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5982678160071373, "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"}