{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.inhofe.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/inhofe-ensures-there-will-be-ndaa-this-year", "Inhofe Ensures There Will Be NDAA This Year", "2013-11-21", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "OK", "James Inhofe", "I000024", "www.inhofe.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Inhofe Ensures There Will Be NDAA This Year\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tThursday, November 21, 2013\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after the Senate voted to continue debate on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2014:\u00a0\r\n\"The most important bill Congress\u00a0considers every year is the National Defense Authorization Act.\u00a0 It contains many \u2018must-pass\u2019 provisions that our military men and women rely on, including sections that deal with their pay and benefits, their education and training, and the sustainment and modernization of their equipment. It has been passed and signed into law for\u00a0the\u00a0last 51 consecutive years. It has always received strong bipartisan support because we've traditionally had an open amendment process\u00a0that allows members of the Senate to debate and vote on issues vital to our men and women in uniform and our nation\u2019s security.\u00a0\u00a0In this tradition, over the last 17 years\u00a0the NDAA has spent an average of 9 days on the Senate floor, received an average of 11 or more roll call votes, and has resulted in the\u00a0adoption of\u00a0nearly\u00a0100 amendments by unanimous consent\u00a0or voice vote.\u00a0That hasn\u2019t happened this year. Instead, Majority Leader Harry Reid has\u00a0repeatedly blocked Senators from debating and voting on their amendments. The bill has only been on the floor for three days and we\u2019ve only had two roll call votes, despite hundreds of important amendments being introduced.\u00a0There is nothing\u00a0more important than\u00a0having an open debate about how we support our men and women in uniform who fight to protect our national security.\" \u00a0\r\n\"I fought for at least 50 amendments to be considered to this bill.\u00a0This morning when\u00a0I brought forward 25 amendments from my Republican colleagues\u00a0that were ready to be debated and voted on, Majority Leader Harry Reid\u00a0rejected my offer and\u00a0instead\u00a0launched his\u00a0controversial \"nuclear option\" and distracted the Senate from the NDAA.\u00a0\r\n\"Despite these tactics, let me assure everyone that we\u00a0will have an NDAA this year.\u00a0 The men and women of our military deserve nothing less.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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.inhofe.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/inhofe-ensures-there-will-be-ndaa-this-year"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.0140158012509346, "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"}