{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=E35E5636-1120-4569-908F-8C8352383887", "STATEMENT BY SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN ON HERITAGE FOUNDATIONS 2017 INDEX OF MILITARY STRENGTH", "2016-11-16", "2016", "2016-11", "Republican", "House", "AZ", "John McCain", "M000303", "www.mccain.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u00ad\u2013 U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on the Heritage Foundation\u2019s 2017 Index of U.S. Military Strength:\r\n\u201cThe Heritage Foundation\u2019s outstanding work on the 2017 Index of U.S. Military Strength serves an important reminder that we cannot move fast enough to put an end to sequestration once and for all, and return to a strategy-based defense budget that gives our service members the resources, training, and equipment they need to meet current and future threats. As the report warns, our military has been degraded by years of underinvestment, poor execution of modernization programs, and the negative effects of budget sequestration. The result is that our military confronts growing capacity, capability, and readiness challenges that put America\u2019s national security at greater risk. We cannot change course soon enough.\u201d\r\nRead the full report here.\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.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=E35E5636-1120-4569-908F-8C8352383887"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.858943909406662, "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"}