{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://millermeeks.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-meeks-joins-letter-keep-military-justice-reforms-final-ndaa", "Miller-Meeks Joins Letter to Keep Military Justice Reforms in Final NDAA", "2021-11-30", "2021", "2021-11", "Republican", "House", "IA", "Mariannette Miller-Meeks", "M001215", "millermeeks.house.gov", "millermeeks", "https://millermeeks.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Today, November 30th, 2021, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) joined a letter with over 60 members of Congress pushing House and Senate leadership to keep the bipartisan and bicameral Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act (MJIIPA) in the final National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) language.\n\n\u201cThe bipartisan legislation to prevent military sexual assault and reform the military justice system for the better should be included in the final NDAA. This bill is supported by an overwhelming bipartisan majority of the House and a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate,\u201d said Miller-Meeks. \u201cThe military justice system has been broken for too long. We need to pass this legislation to fix this system; the time to act is now.\u201d\n\nTo read the full text of the letter, click HERE.\n\nBackground:\n\nIn June, Miller-Meeks joined nine House members to introduce the bipartisan Vanessa Guill\u00e9n Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act. This legislation moves the decision to prosecute serious crimes in the military from the chain of command to independent, trained, and professional military prosecutors.\n\nThe bipartisan and bicameral letter is signed by 44 senators and 22 members of the House.\n\nThe House-introduced Vanessa Guill\u00e9n MJIIPA is currently supported by 220 members. The Senate-introduced MJIIPA is currently supported by 66 members and was led by Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA).", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"]], "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://millermeeks.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-meeks-joins-letter-keep-military-justice-reforms-final-ndaa"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.314030960202217, "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"}