{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcclain.house.gov/2021/9/congresswoman-lisa-mcclain-introduces-skilled-trades-amendment-during-ed-labor", "Congresswoman Lisa McClain Introduces Skilled Trades Amendment During Ed & Labor Markup", "2021-09-10", "2021", "2021-09", "Republican", "House", "MI", "Lisa C. McClain", "M001136", "mcclain.house.gov", "mcclain", "https://mcclain.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lisa McClain (R-MI) introduced an amendment during the House Education and Labor Committee budget resolution markup that would bolster awareness of skilled trades programs for perspective students.\n\n\u201cSkilled trades programs are critical to shaping the workforce of our future generations,\u201d said Rep. McClain. \u201cThis commonsense amendment will increase awareness of these important programs for parents and students, who are oftentimes misinformed about the benefits of skilled trades programs.\u201d\n\nThe amendment includes language from McClain\u2019s recently introduced bipartisan POST Act, which would allow existing funds in the Perkins Grant Program to be used to attract, inform and bolster awareness of skilled trades programs for prospective students and employees.\n\nFor text of the amendment, click here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"]], "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://mcclain.house.gov/2021/9/congresswoman-lisa-mcclain-introduces-skilled-trades-amendment-during-ed-labor"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8692389819771051, "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"}