{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://trentkelly.house.gov/newsroom/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=9353", "Kelly, Guest, and Ezell Back President Trump's Defense, Farm Aid, and Election-Security Priorities\n\nAugust 4, 2026 | Posted in Press Releases\n\nTags:\nNational Defense / Veterans, \r\n              Agriculture\n\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Representatives Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), Michael Guest (R-Miss.), and Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump expressing their strong support for his legislative efforts to address critical national defense, agricultural, and election-security priorities.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe threats facing our nation require the Department of War to have the resources\u2026 Read more \u00bb", "2026-08-04", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "House", "MS", "Trent Kelly", "K000388", "trentkelly.house.gov", "trentkelly", "https://trentkelly.house.gov/newsroom/documentquery.aspx", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Representatives Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), Michael Guest (R-Miss.), and Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump expressing their strong support for his legislative efforts to address critical national defense, agricultural, and election-security priorities.\n\n\u201cThe threats facing our nation require the Department of War to have the resources necessary to defend the United States and protect American interests,\u201d the lawmakers wrote. \u201cOur brave men and women in uniform deserve the equipment, munitions, and support needed to carry out their missions and return home safely.\u201d\n\nThe Mississippi lawmakers also emphasized the urgent need to provide relief to struggling farmers.\n\n\u201cFamily farms across Mississippi are going out of business, while many others are struggling to survive from one crop year to the next,\u201d they wrote. \u201cThis assistance would provide a critical lifeline, helping our farmers remain in operation, meet their obligations, and continue producing the food and fiber our nation depends upon.\u201d\n\nKelly, Guest, and Ezell also expressed support for expanding access to voter identification, encouraging strong state election practices, and accounting for the SAVE America Act in the Senate budget resolution.\n\n\u201cYou can count on our support as we urge the Senate to act and work to send the subsequent reconciliation package to your desk without delay,\u201d the lawmakers concluded.\n\nRead the full letter below.\n\nDear Mr. President,\n\nAs members of the Mississippi congressional delegation, we write to express our strong support for your efforts to address critical national defense, agricultural, and election-security priorities through the budget reconciliation process. We urge the Senate to support your requests and move expeditiously to finalize and pass a budget resolution.\n\nThe threats facing our nation require the Department of War to have the resources necessary to defend the United States and protect American interests. Our brave men and women in uniform deserve the equipment, munitions, and support needed to carry out their missions and return home safely. We fully support your request to meet these immediate defense needs.\n\nWe also strongly support your request for farm aid. Family farms across Mississippi are going out of business, while many others are struggling to survive one crop year to the next. This assistance would provide a critical lifeline, helping our farmers remain in operation, meet their obligations, and continue producing the food and fiber our nation depends upon.\n\nFinally, Americans deserve elections they can trust. We support your efforts to expand access to voter identification, encourage state election practices, and account for the SAVE America Act in the Senate budget resolution.\n\nThank you for your leadership on these priorities. You can count on our support as we urge the Senate to act and work to send the subsequent reconciliation package to your desk without delay.\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-05T07:37:37Z", "2026-08-05T07:38:44Z"]], "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://trentkelly.house.gov/newsroom/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=9353"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4696021098643541, "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"}