{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://yoder.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/bipartisan-house-majority-passes-national-defense-authorization-act", "Bipartisan House Majority Passes National Defense Authorization Act", "2016-12-02", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "KS", "Kevin Yoder", "Y000063", "yoder.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u00a0\u2013 Today, Representative Kevin Yoder (R-KS) joined a bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives in passing the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by a vote of 375-34. This bill authorizes $619 billion for the Department of Defense (DoD) to fully fund our military so it can protect and defend the United States. Some of the highlights of the bill include:\n $5.8 billion supplemental request for operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Europe\n\t$3.2 billion for Readiness Stabilization Funding to stop the drawdown of our military and actually increase the end strength of our Armed Forces\n\t2.1% pay raise for our troops, the largest such pay raise in six years\n\tResources to deter Russian aggression in Europe\n\tFull funding for Israel\u2019s missile defense requirements\n\tOrganizational reform of DoD and the National Security Council (NSC), restoring the NSC to its proper purpose by capping its staff at 200 people\n\tProhibition on the closure of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and transfer of terrorists to United States soil\n Following the passage of the bill, Representative Yoder issued the following statement:\n\u201cCongress and the federal government\u2019s number one priority is to protect and defend our nation, and the NDAA provides our military the resources to do just that. This bill reverses the trend over the last several years of squeezing our military\u2019s budget, cutting troop levels, and reducing readiness. Instead, we\u2019re giving our troops their largest pay raise in six years and providing them with the tools they need to defend us from threats around the world.\n\u201cOver the last year, we\u2019ve seen far too many ISIS-inspired attacks on Americans and our allies in Europe and the Middle East, and the NDAA will help refocus our efforts to destroy ISIS and defeat radical Islamic terrorism. Importantly for our community, the bill also holds the line in federal law against bringing any dangerous terrorists from Guantanamo Bay to Fort Leavenworth. I\u2019m proud of this vote today \u2013 a vote to support our troops and keep our nation safe.\u201d\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://yoder.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/bipartisan-house-majority-passes-national-defense-authorization-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.5411210265010595, "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"}