{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://valadao.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=977", "Congressman Valadao Votes to Pass Final National Defense Authorization Act", "2023-12-14", "2023", "2023-12", "Republican", "House", "CA", "David G. Valadao", "V000129", "valadao.house.gov", "valadao", "https://valadao.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, the House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with Congressman Valadao\u2019s support. The NDAA authorizes funding for all discretionary military programs and activities \u2013 including personnel, operations, maintenance, procurement, research, and development. It also outlines critical policies and directives for the Department of Defense. The FY24 NDAA authorizes $886.3B in national defense discretionary programs.\n\n\u201cIn Congress, my most important duty is ensuring the safety of all Americans, including my constituents in the Central Valley,\u201d said Congressman Valadao. \u201cThis year\u2019s defense bill provides a robust budget to counteract the damaging impacts of inflation on our Department of Defense and military families, including a 5.2% pay raise for our troops. I\u2019m proud to support this bipartisan effort to provide our military with the equipment, resources, and training needed to effectively defend the United States against our adversaries.\u201d\n\nAmong other provisions, the FY24 NDAA:\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "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://valadao.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=977"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7933477647602558, "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"}