{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/crapo-risch-protect-servicemembers-from-bidens-covid-vaccine-mandate", "Crapo, Risch Protect Servicemembers from Biden\u2019s COVID Vaccine Mandate", "2022-12-08", "2022", "2022-12", "Republican", "Senate", "ID", "Mike Crapo", "C000880", "www.crapo.senate.gov", "crapo", "https://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) joined Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Roger Marshall (R-Kansas), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi), Mike Braun (R-Indiana), Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), Joni Ernst (R- Iowa), Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama), Steve Daines (R-Montana) and John Hoeven (R-North Dakota) in successfully securing a provision in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to protect servicemembers from the Biden Administration\u2019s COVID vaccine mandate.\n\n\u201cIn the United States, the number of new servicemembers joining the military is reaching a near record low. The United States needs a strong military to protect our country against the growing threats facing our nation. We are pleased that the final conferenced bill includes language mirroring our amendments\u2019 efforts to protect troops from being fired due to Biden\u2019s COVID vaccine mandate without fair appeal and to the harm of service readiness,\u201d said Senators Crapo, Risch, Blackburn, Marshall, Hyde-Smith, Braun, Fischer, Ernst, Tuberville, Daines and Hoeven.\n\nBACKGROUND", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "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.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/crapo-risch-protect-servicemembers-from-bidens-covid-vaccine-mandate"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.47862802259624, "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"}