{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-welcomes-senate-passage-of-fiscal-year-2026-defense-authorization-bill", "Grassley Welcomes Senate Passage of Fiscal Year 2026 Defense Authorization Bill", "2025-10-09", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "Senate", "IA", "Chuck Grassley", "G000386", "www.grassley.senate.gov", "grassley", "https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) welcomed Senate passage of the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to support critical national security priorities. The legislation, which passed 77-20, includes multiple Grassley-backed provisions and a 3.8 percent pay raise for military service members. The House and Senate will now work together to craft a final, reconciled version that the president will sign into law.\n\n\u201cThe federal government\u2019s number one responsibility is to look after the safety and security of this country. I\u2019m glad this legislation passed the Senate with broad, bipartisan support, and I was proud to secure multiple provisions to support Iowa and invest in our state\u2019s military installations,\u201d Grassley said. \u201cWhile this legislation sets the Defense Department up for success next year, our military service members are sadly working without pay today because Democrats have shut down the government and are holding government funding hostage for unrelated policy demands. I\u2019m once again calling on more of my Democrat colleagues to join the three conscientious members of their party and end their partisan obstruction and join with Republicans to support a continuation of government. Our brave men and women in uniform shouldn\u2019t have to suffer as a result of Democrats\u2019 senseless political tactics.\u201d\n\nGrassley secured the following priorities in the Fiscal Year (FY) 26 NDAA:\n\nAuthorization of federal funds to support Iowa\u2019s military installations:\n\n$148 million for projects at the 185th Air Refueling Wing/Sioux Gateway Airport, including aircraft parking apron, extended runway, runway repair and warm-up/holding pad;\n\n$13.8 million for the vehicle maintenance shop at the Waterloo Armory (Army National Guard);\n\n$8.5 million for Corrosion Control Research which helps support the work at the University of Northern Iowa under the STAR4D program;\n\nProvisions to bolster the Rock Island Arsenal through a pilot program on arsenal workload sustainment, which encourages public-private partnerships to increase minimum workloads at U.S. owned arsenals like Rock Island;\n\nMeasures to crack down on costly price gouging by defense contractors by ensuring the Department of Defense (DoD) gets transparent pricing information. This builds on Grassley\u2019s previous oversight work on price gouging with C-17 spare parts;\n\nA Grassley-led provision to allow the three Baltic countries to share High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers and ammunition purchased from the United States between each other without bureaucratic red tape, to complicate Russian strategic planning;\n\nThe Abducted Ukrainian Children Recovery and Accountability Act with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) to support Ukraine\u2019s efforts to investigate and track the nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children who have been abducted during Putin\u2019s brutal invasion. The bill would also assist with the rehabilitation and reintegration of children who are returned and provide justice and accountability for perpetrators of these abductions;\n\nThe Baltic Security Initiative Act with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to enhance and strengthen U.S. security cooperation with the Baltics amid Putin\u2019s aggressive action in the region. The bipartisan legislation effectively codifies the Baltic Security Initiative effort; and\n\nProvisions to increase transparency on foreign influence in U.S. policy by defining \u201cinformational materials\u201d under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The measure would clarify what types of materials that aim to influence public opinion and policy must be both labeled with a conspicuous message and filed with the DOJ.\n\nGrassley also secured key wins in the NDAA in his capacity as Senate Judiciary Chairman, including six bipartisan law enforcement bills that had previously been blocked by Senate Democrats since passing out of the Judiciary Committee during Police Week in May.\n\nThe six law enforcement bills passed as part of the NDAA include:\n\nThe Grassley-Klobuchar Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act to protect officers and first responders against accidental exposure to dangerous substances;\n\nThe Grassley-Klobuchar Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act to address law enforcement staffing shortages;\n\nThe Reauthorizing Support and Treatment for Officers in Crisis Act to expand mental health resources for law enforcement officers;\n\nThe Strong Communities Act to boost law enforcement recruitment and retention;\n\nThe PROTECT Our Children Reauthorization Act to aid state and local law enforcement agencies in combating child sexual exploitation online; and\n\nThe Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act to expand access to federal support for the families of firefighters and other first responders who pass away or become permanently disabled from service-related cancers.", 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.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-welcomes-senate-passage-of-fiscal-year-2026-defense-authorization-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1679592318832874, "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"}