{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.wicker.senate.gov/2024/6/u-s-senate-armed-services-committee-advances-annual-defense-bill", "U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Advances Annual Defense Bill", "2024-06-18", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "Senate", "MS", "Roger F. Wicker", "W000437", "www.wicker.senate.gov", "wicker", "https://www.wicker.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) is advancing Congress\u2019 annual defense bill. As the highest-ranking Republican on SASC, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., is well-positioned to shape the bill, the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (FY 25 NDAA), to benefit Mississippi\u2019s service members and their families. Senator Wicker also secured a $25 billion increase to the defense budget so we can adequately meet today\u2019s growing threats from the new axis of aggressors: China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.\n\nThe next step for the legislation would be a full vote in the U.S. Senate. Senator Wicker will fight for pro-Mississippi provisions to be included in the final version, which historically becomes law at the end of the calendar year.\n\nAmong many of Senator Wicker\u2019s priorities, a few key elements of the bill could ensure Mississippi receives additional investments in artificial intelligence, unmanned weapons systems, special operations activities, naval fleet construction, advanced manufacturing, cybersecurity, and national security research.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:11:47Z"]], "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.wicker.senate.gov/2024/6/u-s-senate-armed-services-committee-advances-annual-defense-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5089730732142925, "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"}