{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://sewell.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-sewell-named-conferee-national-defense-authorization-act-0", "Rep. Sewell Named Conferee to the National Defense Authorization Act Conference for Fiscal Year 2021", "2020-11-18", "2020", "2020-11", "Democrat", "Senate", "AL", "Terri Sewell", "S001185", "sewell.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC- Today, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi named U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) to serve on a conference committee of the House and Senate versions of the FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). NDAA conferees from the House and Senate will work together to resolve differences between the distinct defense authorization bills passed by each chamber in June 2020. This will be the second year that Rep. Sewell has been selected as an NDAA conferee.\nThe NDAA authorizes funding to equip, supply and train U.S. troops and support military families. The bill has been passed by Congress for 58 continuous years. Sewell, a senior Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and Chair of the Subcommittee on Defense Intelligence and Warfighter Support, is committed to continuing this bipartisan tradition of passing a smart defense bill that provides servicemembers with the resources they need to address and counter today's increasingly complex national security challenges. As an FY2020 NDAA Conferee, Rep. Sewell was successful in securing language to improve federal campaign election security, increase intelligence funding, and promote increased diversity in the Intelligence Community's workforce. She also worked closely with Senator Doug Jones to successfully repeal the Military Widow's Tax, which unfairly taxed military widows and widowers' survivor benefits.\nThe House and Senate have historically put politics aside on behalf of the American people to pass the NDAA. This critically important legislation authorizes our national defense priorities for the year and provides our brave men and women with the resources needed to carry out their missions across the world, Sewell said. I am committed to continuing this tradition and working to exclude any partisan provisions that threaten the defense and wellbeing of our nation. As a Representative from a state that plays such a major part in our national security, I am honored to be able to play such a significant role as a conferee for the second consecutive year.\nThe House Democratic Conferees to the conference committee are:\nHouse Committee on Armed Services\n Congressman Adam Smith of Washington, Chair\n\tCongresswoman Susan Davis of California\n\tCongressman James Langevin of Rhode Island\n\tCongressman Rick Larsen of Washington\n\tCongressman Jim Cooper of Tennessee\n\tCongressman Joe Courtney of Connecticut\n\tCongressman John Garamendi of California\n\tCongresswoman Jackie Speier of California\n\tCongressman Donald Norcross of New Jersey\n\tCongressman Ruben Gallego of Arizona\n\tCongressman Seth Moulton of Massachusetts\n\tCongressman Salud Carbajal of California\n\tCongressman Anthony Brown of Maryland\n\tCongressman Ro Khanna of California\n\tCongressman Bill Keating of Massachusetts\n\tCongressman Filemon Vela of Texas\n\tCongressman Andy Kim of New Jersey\n\tCongresswoman Kendra Horn of Oklahoma\n\tCongressman Gil Cisneros of California\n House Committee on Agriculture\n Congressman Collin Peterson of Minnesota\n\tCongresswoman Abigail Spanberger of Virginia\n House Committee on Budget\n Congressman Joseph Morelle of New York\n\tCongressman Steven Horsford of Nevada\n House Committee on Education and Labor\n Congressman Bobby Scott of Virginia\n\tCongresswoman Lori Trahan of Massachusetts\n House Committee on Energy and Commerce\n Congressman Frank Pallone of New Jersey\n\tCongresswoman Diana DeGette of Colorado\n House Committee on Financial Services\n Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California, Chair\n\tCongressman Juan Vargas of California\n House Committee on Foreign Affairs\n Congressman Eliot Engel of New York, Chair\n\tCongressman Brad Sherman of California\n House Committee on Homeland Security\n Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small of New Mexico\n\tCongresswoman Elissa Slotkin of Michigan\n House Committee on Administration\n Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren of California\n\tCongresswoman Marcia Fudge of Ohio\n House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence\n Congressman Adam Schiff of California, Chair\n\tCongresswoman Terri Sewell of Alabama\n House Committee on Judiciary\n Congressman Jerrold Nadler of New York, Chair\n\tCongresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell of Florida\n House Committee on Natural Resources\n Congressman Ral Grijalva of Arizona, Chair\n\tCongresswoman Deb Haaland of New Mexico\n House Committee on Oversight and Reform\n Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney of New York, Chair\n\tCongressman Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts\n House Committee on Science, Space and Technology\n Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Chair\n\tCongressman Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey\n House Committee on Small Business\n Congresswoman Nydia Velzquez of New York, Chair\n\tCongressman Jared Golden of Maine\n House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure\n Congressman Jared Huffman of California\n\tCongressman Harley Rouda of California\n House Committee on Veterans' Affairs\n Congressman Mark Takano of California, Chair\n\tCongressman Conor Lamb of Pennsylvania\n House Committee on Ways and Means\n Congressman Richard Neal of Massachusetts, Chair\n\tCongressman Jimmy Panetta of California", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://sewell.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-sewell-named-conferee-national-defense-authorization-act-0"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8460881654173136, "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"}