{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.sasse.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=EDD5190F-661D-4542-919D-AC4D7DC6E6CC", "Sasse Applauds NDAA Conference Decision on Women in Draft", "2016-11-29", "2016", "2016-11", "Republican", "House", "NE", "Ben Sasse", "S001197", "www.sasse.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "U.S. Senator Ben Sasse, who led the effort to stop Congress from needlessly mingling culture wars and national security, applauded House and Senate negotiators for excluding a provision requiring women to register for the draft in the final 2017 National Defense Authorization Act.\u00a0In September, Sasse\u00a0led a group of 17 Senators\u00a0in demanding that negotiators keep this unnecessary culture war out of the defense bill. Text of that letter is available\u00a0here.\u00a0\r\n \r\nKeeping our defenses strong is more important than needlessly scoring points on divisive issues. #NDAA https://t.co/rTJ5xNkkZ7 pic.twitter.com/azQybdsZoY\r\n\u2014 Senator Ben Sasse (@SenSasse) November 30, 2016 \r\n\r\n\r\n\"Defense bills are common in Washington but, this year, the big story is that both sides will put national security ahead of unnecessary culture-warring,\" said Sasse. \"This is a victory for common sense. It\u2019s encouraging to see Congress do its work instead of jumping into a fight about drafting our mothers, sisters, and daughters when the military isn\u2019t demanding an end to our all-volunteer fighting-force. Republicans and Democrats should be able to agree that keeping our defenses strong is more important than needlessly scoring points on divisive issues.\"\u00a0\u00a0Today, negotiators unveiled legislation that does not require women to register for the draft and, instead, requires the Pentagon to undertake a study on whether a draft is even still needed. This is similar to an amendment\u00a0Sasse offered in June.", 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.sasse.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=EDD5190F-661D-4542-919D-AC4D7DC6E6CC"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5647020190954208, "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"}