{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://kuster.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/kuster-to-help-launch-effort-to-reverse-military-retiree-cola-changes", "Kuster to Help Launch Effort to Reverse Military Retiree COLA Changes Included In Bipartisan Budget Agreement", "2013-12-18", "2013", "2013-12", "Democrat", "House", "NH", "Ann Kuster", "K000382", "kuster.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced that she will help introduce legislation tomorrow that would protect military retirees from changes to cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) that were included in the bipartisan budget agreement that passed the House last week. This legislation, the Military Retirement Restoration Act, is completely paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes companies abuse to avoid paying U.S. taxes.\n\u201cAs I\u2019ve said all along, the bipartisan budget agreement will help end the cycle of manufactured crises that has slowed our economy and harmed middle class families, but it\u2019s far from perfect,\u201d Kuster said. \u201cCongress should work to replace the cost of living adjustment changes included in this deal \u2013 and that\u2019s exactly what this common sense legislation will do. I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this common sense fix.\u201d\nU.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Mark R. Warner (D-VA) have introduced companion legislation in the Senate.\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": ["http://kuster.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/kuster-to-help-launch-effort-to-reverse-military-retiree-cola-changes"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8892689365893602, "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"}