{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-supports-national-defense-package-secures-louisiana-investments/", "Cassidy Supports National Defense Package, Secures Louisiana Investments", "2025-10-09", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "Senate", "LA", "Bill Cassidy", "C001075", "www.cassidy.senate.gov", "cassidy", "https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/?jsf=jet-engine:press-list", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) issued the following statement after voting to pass the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).\n\n\u201cThe Schumer Shutdown is harming families and denying our troops their pay,\u201d said Dr. Cassidy. \u201cThat\u2019s why Republicans are working to strengthen our defense, support Louisiana\u2019s military bases, and protect our troops.\u201d\n\nProvisions Cassidy secured for Louisiana in the NDAA include:\n\nThe NDAA also includes language establishing a Military\u2013Civilian Medical Surge Program as a program of record, building on Cassidy\u2019s prior $6 million in DoD funding that added LSU Health Shreveport (LSUHS) as an National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) pilot site. This will stabilize long-term funding, strengthen LSUHS\u2019s partnership with Barksdale and the Overton Brooks Veterans Affairs, and enhance Louisiana\u2019s role in national disaster and medical readiness.Additionally, the NDAA increases authorization for shipbuilding and amphibious fleet programs, supporting Louisiana shipyards and strengthening America\u2019s maritime defense industrial base.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "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://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-supports-national-defense-package-secures-louisiana-investments/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8846567943692207, "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"}