{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcguire.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-john-mcguire-introduces-peace-through-strength-act-2025", "Rep. John McGuire Introduces the Peace Through Strength Act of 2025", "2025-09-19", "2025", "2025-09", "Republican", "House", "VA", "John J. McGuire III", "M001239", "mcguire.house.gov", "mcguire", "https://mcguire.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Representative John McGuire (VA-05) introduced the Peace Through Strength Act of 2025. This bill codifies President Trump\u2019s Executive Order 14347, which renames the Department of Defense to the Department of War.\n\n\u201cWe wouldn\u2019t have a country without our men and women in uniform,\u201d said Rep. McGuire. \u201cThese warfighters make up the world\u2019s strongest and most lethal fighting force. But names have important meanings and convey certain messages to both friends and foes. Our world is too dangerous for us not to project strength at every opportunity. Thanks to President Trump, our military has regained its original purpose: fighting the nation\u2019s battles and wars. My bill, the Peace Through Strength Act, revives our warfighting department\u2019s historic name to signal to the world that we\u2019re not here to play word games. We\u2019re here to fight and win if we must.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nPresident George Washington established the Department of War on August 7, 1789. Over the next 150 years, the Department of War, alongside the later-formed Department of the Navy, fought and won some of the most fearsome conflicts the world has ever seen, including the War of 1812, World War I, and World War II.\n\nOur Armed Forces deserve to fight under a banner that commands respect from our allies and strikes fear into our enemies. The Peace Through Strength Act of 2025 will demonstrate America\u2019s comprehensive commitment to deterring and fighting wars by redesignating the \u201cDepartment of Defense\u201d to the \u201cDepartment of War.\u201d Specifically, this bill would:\n\nChange every reference in the United States Code from \u201cDepartment of Defense\u201d to \u201cDepartment of War\u201d and from \u201cSecretary of Defense\u201d to \u201cSecretary of War\u201d\n\nEnable subordinate officials within the Department to use secondary titles such as \u201cDeputy Secretary of War\u201d or \u201cUnder Secretary of War\u201d\n\nRead the full bill text here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:10:29Z"]], "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://mcguire.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-john-mcguire-introduces-peace-through-strength-act-2025"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1038542725145817, "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"}