{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://www.speaker.gov/general/about-our-troops", "This is about our troops", "2016-12-01", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Paul Ryan", "R000570", "www.speaker.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Tomorrow, the House will vote on legislation to fund our troops and keep Americans safe. #NDAA https://t.co/ws4OTCDRzR\n\t\u2014 Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) December 1, 2016\n \nTomorrow, the House will vote on final passage of the annual\u00a0National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This bill, which continues a more-than-five-decade tradition of bipartisan support, funds our troops and helps keep Americans safe.\nYou can get the full details here, but in short the 2017 NDAA:\n \nBoosts base funding by $9 billion over the administration\u2019s request to\u00a0close the readiness gap, rebuild our military, and ensure our troops have the tools necessary to carry out their missions.\nProvides our troops with the\u00a0largest pay raise\u00a0they\u2019ve seen in six years at 2.1 percent.\nReforms our acquisition process\u00a0to spend taxpayer dollars more wisely and get our troops cutting-edge technology quickly and efficiently.\nMaintains longstanding provisions to\u00a0prohibit transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees\u00a0to American soil.\nHelps\u00a0combat sexual assault\u00a0in the military by building upon past efforts with an improved reporting process and mandatory sentences for certain offenses.\n \nA central plank of the House Republican\u00a0#BetterWay\u00a0agenda is to rebuild our military, support our troops, and protect our homeland. This is exactly what this year\u2019s NDAA will help us accomplish. We expect a strong vote tomorrow, and urge President Obama to sign this critical bill into law once it reaches his desk.", 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://www.speaker.gov/general/about-our-troops"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5880379360169172, "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"}