{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://strong.house.gov/media/press-releases/strong-remarks-hasc-space-command-basing-process-hearing", "Strong remarks at HASC Space Command Basing Process Hearing", "2023-09-28", "2023", "2023-09", "Republican", "House", "AL", "Dale W. Strong", "S001220", "strong.house.gov", "strong", "https://strong.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON\u2014 Representative Dale W. Strong (AL-05) joined his colleagues in the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) to question key Department of Defense (DoD) witnesses regarding the irregularity in the strategic basing process for U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM).\n\nThe Committee\u2019s leadership also announced plans to request a new DoD Inspector General to investigate the Biden administration\u2019s decision to keep the nation\u2019s newest combatant command in Colorado, against the advice of the Air Force\u2019s Strategic Basing Team.\n\nHASC witnesses were Air Force Secretary, Frank Kendall, Space Command Commander, General James Dickinson, and Chief of Space Operations, General Chance Saltzman.\n\nThe Biden administration chose to play politics and cited alleged workforce retention concerns as an issue for relocating the temporary USSPACECOM headquarters from Colorado to its permanent location in Alabama. Today\u2019s hearing debunked that claim \u2013 operations and readiness will not be jeopardized when USSPACECOM moves to Alabama.\n\nRep. Strong\u2019s hearing questions keyed in on workforce retention, a concern of General Dickenson, cost assessments, and issues with space and facilities in Colorado Springs.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:37:48Z"]], "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://strong.house.gov/media/press-releases/strong-remarks-hasc-space-command-basing-process-hearing"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.751244068145752, "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"}