{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=D4BCC052-6920-45A3-84ED-A6845872CE93", "McConnell Statement on FY26 Budget Request Defense Topline", "2025-05-02", "2025", "2025-05", "Republican", "Senate", "KY", "Mitch McConnell", "M000355", "www.mcconnell.senate.gov", "mcconnell", "https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases", "scraper", "LOUISVILLE, KY \u2013 U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Chairman, Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, released the following statement on the outlined President\u2019s budget request:\n\n\u201cIt is peculiar how much time the President\u2019s advisors spend talking about restoring peace through strength, given how apparently unwilling they\u2019ve been to invest accordingly in the national defense or in other critical instruments of national power. In March, the Trump Administration missed a tremendous opportunity to answer their predecessors\u2019 chronic underinvestment in the U.S. military with robust, full-year funding for FY25. Now, it appears the Trump Administration\u2019s FY26 defense budget request will double down on the Biden Administration\u2019s material neglect for the glaring national security threats challenges about which they speak with great alarm.\n\n\u201cMake no mistake: a one-time influx reconciliation spending is not a substitute for full-year appropriations. It\u2019s a supplement. OMB accounting gimmicks may well convince Administration officials and spokesmen that they\u2019re doing enough to counter the growing, coordinated challenges we face from China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and radical terrorists. But they won\u2019t fool Congress. The correct response to the most dangerous threats to U.S. interests in decades is not a fifth straight budget request that proposes a real-dollar cut to the U.S. military.\n\n\u201cAmerica cannot expect our allies to heed calls for greater annual defense spending if we are unwilling to lead by example. Fortunately, Presidential budget requests are just that: requests. Congress will soon have an opportunity to ensure that American power \u2013 and the credibility of our commitments \u2013 are appropriately resourced. I hope and expect that my colleagues will join me in placing America\u2019s national security first as we begin the FY26 appropriations process.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:20:29Z"]], "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.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=D4BCC052-6920-45A3-84ED-A6845872CE93"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7759169675409794, "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"}