{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.daines.senate.gov/2024/12/18/daines-secures-major-montana-wins-in-ndaa/", "Daines Secures Major Montana Wins in NDAA", "2024-12-18", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "MT", "Steve Daines", "D000618", "www.daines.senate.gov", "daines", "https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "Bill Includes Pay Raise for Troops, Travel Reimbursement for National Guard and Reserve Servicemembers, Support for the Mission at Malmstrom, Funding for Tech Hubs, Rip and Replace Program\n\nU.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced that several of his legislative priorities passed out of the Senate in the \u201cNational Defense Authorization Act\u201d (NDAA), including a pay raise for troops, Daines\u2019 effort to reimburse Reserve and National Guard troops for travel expenses, critical funding for the mission at Malmstrom, construction authorizations for the Montana National Guard, and additional funds for Daines\u2019 bill to support Tech Hubs and Daines\u2019 bill to fully fund the \u201cRip and Replace\u201d program. The NDAA will now head to the President\u2019s desk to be signed into law.\n\nDownload Daines\u2019 video statement HERE.\n\n\u201cOur Montana servicemembers have stepped up to serve our state and our country, and the NDAA is a chance to support those in uniform and bolster our national security. With the effects of Bidenflation still burdening families, I\u2019m proud to secure a 14 and a half percent pay raise for junior enlisted men and women and a 4 and a half percent increase for the entire military. I\u2019m also glad to see my efforts to reimburse our Reserve and National Guard members for travel expenses they incur on their way to and from drill included in the bill. This year\u2019s NDAA is good for Montana, good for our servicemembers and good for our national security,\u201dsaid Daines.\n\nMontana wins in the NDAA:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "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.daines.senate.gov/2024/12/18/daines-secures-major-montana-wins-in-ndaa/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8943350985646248, "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"}