{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bobbyscott.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/scott-blasts-extreme-maga-funding-bill", "Scott Blasts Extreme MAGA Funding Bill", "2023-11-14", "2023", "2023-11", "Democrat", "House", "VA", "Robert C. \"Bobby\" Scott", "S000185", "bobbyscott.house.gov", "bobbyscott", "https://bobbyscott.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "As originally released by the Committee on Education and the Workforce, Democrats\n\nWASHINGTON \u2013 Today, Ranking Member Robert C. \u201cBobby Scott\u201d delivered the following remarks during today\u2019s House floor debate on House Republicans\u2019 extreme appropriations bill for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies.\n\n\u201cI rise in opposition to the amendment and the underlying bill.\n\n\u201cThe House Republicans\u2019 partisan bill is an attack on students, workers, and families. For 2024, the bill would cut close to $64 billion\u2014roughly 28 percent\u2014from the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. The last time it was this low was in 2008.\n\n\u201cInequity in America\u2019s education system persists. Significant funding disparities among neighboring schools continue to deprive students of equal access to quality education. And this bill cuts Title I significantly.\n\n\u201cMoreover, the bill cuts other programs, like completely eliminating the Federal Work Study that allows students to work their way through college, the Teacher Quality Partnership, Job Corps\u2014completely eliminated.\n\n\u201cThere are essential programs that workers in our districts rely on. And, House Republicans, if this becomes law, those programs would be eliminated.\n\n\u201cAnd this amendment would cut federal student aid, making it more likely that they would have to take out student loans. The underlying bill is bad enough. It\u2019s the first time in over a decade that the Pell Grant wouldn\u2019t increase.\n\n\u201cAnd, also, our nation is facing disturbing child labor law violations, and House Republicans are slashing the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) budget.\n\n\u201cAnd, despite actively negotiating a bipartisan reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), we\u2019re proposing cuts in Adult and Youth Job Training programs.\n\n\u201cFinally, the bill is an insult to families. It cuts Head Start programs so drastically that, if this bill were to become law, 50,000 children would lose access to child care.\n\n\u201cMr. Speaker, I would ask that we oppose the amendment and the underlying bill, and I yield back.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "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://bobbyscott.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/scott-blasts-extreme-maga-funding-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.638599205762148, "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"}