{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://allred.house.gov/media/press-releases/allred-votes-bipartisan-appropriations-bills-making-critical-investments-health", "Allred Votes for Bipartisan Appropriations Bills Making Critical Investments in Health Care and Election Security", "2019-12-17", "2019", "2019-12", "Democrat", "House", "TX", "Colin Allred", "A000376", "allred.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.  Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32), released the following statement after voting in support of the bipartisan Appropriations bills that will fund the government through September 30, 2020:\nI am encouraged that leaders in both parties were able to come together and forge a bipartisan compromise to keep our government open and working for the American people.\nI'm proud that we made much-needed investments in election security, Head Start and child care programs, as well as record-level funding for lifesaving medical research at the National Institutes of Health. The bill will also improve public health by raising the smoking age to 21 and making a historic investment in gun violence research.\nThese investments will create jobs, bolster critical research and improve programs that have a real impact on North Texas families.\nIt is my hope that this bipartisan agreement will foster a productive year ahead for Congress, where we can put aside our differences and do the job we were elected to do.\nKey Victories for North Texans:\n Investing in Better Schools and Job Training; programs for education for the disadvantaged will receive $17 billion, $453 million above 2019 and a record level. Job training programs will receive $5.4 billion, a $134 million increase.\n\tInvests in families and child care; the Child Care & Development Block Grant will receive $5.8 billion, $550 million over 2019 and a record level. Head Start receives $10.6 billion, $550 million over FY19 & a record level.\n\tBolstering Lifesaving Medical Research at the NIH; $41.7 billion, a $2.6 billion increase and a record level, with significant funding for Alzheimer's Disease and brain research.\n\tGun violence prevention; for the first time in more than 20 years, a total of $25 million at Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) for firearm injury and mortality prevention research.\n\tElection Security Grants to States; $425 million, a key priority that was not funded in 2019.\n\tProtecting Our Environment with investments in energy efficiency and renewables; the bill invests $2.8 billion in energy efficiency and renewables a $411 million (17%) increase above 2019.\n For a comprehensive review of the bipartisan Appropriations package click here.\n\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": ["https://allred.house.gov/media/press-releases/allred-votes-bipartisan-appropriations-bills-making-critical-investments-health"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9636578615754843, "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"}