{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/reed-statement-on-congressional-investigation-of-trumps-boat-strike-campaign", "Reed Statement on Congressional Investigation of Trump\u2019s Boat Strike Campaign", "2025-12-18", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "RI", "Jack Reed", "R000122", "www.reed.senate.gov", "jackreed", "https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement regarding the ongoing congressional inquiries into the Trump Administration\u2019s military operations in Caribbean and Eastern Pacific:\n\n\u201cI remain entirely dissatisfied with the Trump Administration\u2019s engagement with Congress regarding its boat strike campaign in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. The Senate Armed Services Committee has been denied basic information, documents, and answers from the Department of Defense about this campaign.\n\n\u201cFor months, in multiple briefings, the Department omitted the fact that there were two survivors in the initial September 2nd strike. We learned the circumstances of the strike from press reports. That is completely unacceptable. Given the repeated lack of transparency from the Department in this instance and others, it is imperative that we receive the requested materials covering this operation.\n\n\u201cI appreciate the partnership of my colleagues on the Senate and House Armed Services Committees for exercising oversight and holding multiple briefings the past several weeks, but much more work remains. In particular, given the continued questions surrounding the September 2nd strike, there should be additional congressional inquiries and an independent command investigation to understand all of the facts and garner lessons learned.\n\n\u201cI would reiterate the need for DOD to provide documents and information requested by the Senate Armed Services Committee, including several that are required by existing law and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, including:\n\nThe Execute Orders guiding these operations;\n\nUnedited video of all strikes;\n\nThe updated legal and policy framework reports;\n\nAll audio, transcripts, and chat logs of communications between commanders, aircraft, and others involved in the Sept. 2nd strike;\n\nRegular staff briefings on the operations;\n\nResponses to dozens of written follow-up questions seeking clarification of initial notifications; and\n\nUpdated costs of the operations.\n\n\u201cI respect the difficult and dangerous missions that we ask of our servicemembers, and all Americans should be grateful for their sacrifice.\n\n\u201cBut the United States military answers to the American people. Congress has not authorized any armed conflict, yet the Trump Administration is undertaking military operations in America\u2019s name, under circumstances where there is no imminent military threat to the country, and Congress \u2013 the representatives of the people \u2013 deserves answers. I will continue to press the Department of Defense and my colleagues in Congress for the transparency this Administration owes the American people.\u201d", 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.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/reed-statement-on-congressional-investigation-of-trumps-boat-strike-campaign"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.497637014836073, "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"}