{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=B877A1D9-4586-4B0B-8E24-1B5C9309BAAE", "Graham Statement on the Passage of the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act", "2025-12-18", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "Senate", "SC", "Lindsey Graham", "G000359", "www.lgraham.senate.gov", "graham", "https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) made this statement after the Senate passed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by a vote of 77-20. Senator Graham noted that the legislation includes several important priorities for South Carolina.\n\n\u201cThe Senate\u2019s passage of the annual defense authorization bill ensures a pay raise for our troops and the authorization of several important projects for South Carolina,\u201d said Graham.\n\nHighlights of Provisions Included in the FY26 NDAA:\n\nWins for South Carolina.\n\nAuthorizes millions for South Carolina military construction projects, including:\n\n$51 million for construction at Fort Jackson in Columbia.\n\n$65.4 million for the Nuclear Power Training Facility Simulation Expansion project at Joint Base Charleston.\n\n$33 million for the construction of a Medical Facility Addition for the Air Force Reserve based in Joint Base Charleston.\n\nAuthorizes billions for the Savannah River Site (SRS) to help advance critical programs like Plutonium Pit Production and Environmental Cleanup and codifies the two-site strategy to produce no fewer than 50 war reserve plutonium pits annually at SRS.\n\nSupports our Men and Women in Uniform.\n\nAuthorizes a 3.8 percent pay raise for military members.\n\nSupports the Modernization of the U.S. Military.\n\nAuthorizes billions for key priorities including shipbuilding, Golden Dome, and munitions production.\n\nImproves the budget and acquisition process of the Pentagon to help advance key priorities faster and in a fiscally responsible manner.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=B877A1D9-4586-4B0B-8E24-1B5C9309BAAE"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5230299904942513, "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"}