{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://webster.house.gov/press-releases?ID=AC2DA09B-EC51-44E4-B220-FA3930A53A13", "Webster: Safeguarding Americans\u2019 Liberty is Paramount", "2023-12-14", "2023", "2023-12", "Republican", "House", "FL", "Daniel Webster", "W000806", "webster.house.gov", "webster", "https://webster.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, DC \u2013 Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the FY24 NDAA Conference Report. Earlier this year, Congressman Daniel Webster, R-Clermont voted to pass H.R.2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, calling it \u2018the one of the most conservative and commonsense defense bills Congress has developed in years.\u2019 Many of those conservative policies were not included in the final Conference Report.\n\n\u201cI take seriously my Constitutional duty to provide for our common defense, but I am unable to support this year\u2019s NDAA because I could not vote for legislation that perpetuates undermining Americans\u2019 personal liberties and allows the DoD to continue violating federal law and use our troops to promote a far-left social agenda,\u201d said Rep. Daniel Webster. \u201cI am also incredibly disappointed that our bipartisan Coast Guard Authorization Act was left out of this year\u2019s NDAA. This is critical legislation to ensure the United States Coast Guard has the resources they need to fulfill their national defense mission to protect our coasts, secure maritime trade by protecting our ports and waterways, respond to emergencies and disasters, and more.\u201d\n\nIn September, Rep. Webster was named to the NDAA Conference Committee, but today\u2019s conference report was developed behind closed doors without the involvement of the conferees. During these negotiations, conservative policies in H.R. 2670 were removed and a clean authorization of the FISA program was added.\n\nWebster further commented, \u201cI support increasing servicemembers pay and am pleased this bill invests in military readiness to counter Communist China\u2019s aggression and authorizes the Maritime Administration while banning Critical Race Theory and Drag Shows in the military. However, the conference report allows the DoD to continue ignoring federal prohibitions against taxpayer dollars covering costs related to abortions. Furthermore, it extends the FISA government surveillance program without any reforms. Safeguarding American citizens\u2019 personal liberty is a priority of mine and I\u2019ve been a consistent voice for Congress to institute strong safeguards when reauthorizing FISA.\u201d\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://webster.house.gov/press-releases?ID=AC2DA09B-EC51-44E4-B220-FA3930A53A13"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8785558640956879, "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"}