{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases/pappas-joins-colleagues-in-urging-clarity-from-pentagon-on-uss-lincoln-s-overextended-deployment-sailors-safety", "Pappas Joins Colleagues in Urging Clarity from Pentagon on USS Lincoln\u2019s Overextended Deployment & Sailors\u2019 Safety", "2026-08-14", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "House", "NH", "Chris Pappas", "P000614", "pappas.house.gov", "pappas", "https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined Reps. Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, Wesley Bell (MO-01), Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) and 49 colleagues in sending a letter to Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao expressing concern for the personnel and material readiness of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) and requesting information on the ship\u2019s deployment and future.\n\n\u201cLike the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) before it, CVN-72\u2019s extended deployment is accompanied by deeply troubling reports about sailors\u2019 mental health and living conditions. These reports are not political conjecture; they come from sailors\u2019 worried family members,\u201d the lawmakers wrote. \u201cNavy leadership took the appropriate step in meeting to address families\u2019 concerns, but there remains more to be done to ensure that the families and the public have faith that these sailors are being taken care of and that the Department is appropriately managing the fleet and its readiness for Operation Epic Fury.\u201d\n\nRead the full letter here.", 1, "2026-08-19T05:29:02Z", "2026-08-19T05:30:24Z"]], "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://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases/pappas-joins-colleagues-in-urging-clarity-from-pentagon-on-uss-lincoln-s-overextended-deployment-sailors-safety"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7961830124258995, "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"}