{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://moran.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2892", "KLTV7: Rep. Nathaniel Moran holds East Texas roundtable on bill to support foster youth", "2026-09-02", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Nathaniel Moran", "M001224", "moran.house.gov", "nathanielmoran", "https://moran.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "The bill would also expand how those vouchers can be used, including for workforce training and apprenticeships.\n\nLocal advocates like Christi Sowell with The Fostering Collective in Tyler, said receiving the funding is only part of the challenge.\n\n\u201cSo currently a lot of the funding is not being used. So in Texas, over $1,000,000 went back to the federal government because children just didn\u2019t have access to it and didn\u2019t use it,\u201d Sowell said.\n\nSowell said mentorship helps young people navigate college applications, housing and transportation.\n\n\u201cBooks, meals, transportation, all of those obstacles that our kids have to overcome because they don\u2019t have families supporting them,\u201d Christi said.\n\nMoran said the goal is to make sure turning 18 does not mean losing support.\n\n\u201cEvery kid needs that. We can\u2019t just drop the bucket when they turn 18,\u201d Moran said.\n\nThe bill passed the U.S. House in May and now awaits consideration in the Senate.\n\n\u201cSo, this bill is going to help become a bridge for kids to get to the other side to adulthood as they\u2019re transitioning and not just a cliff that they\u2019ll fall off of,\u201d Christi said.\n\nMoran said he will take the ideas and concerns he heard at the roundtable back to Washington, D.C., with the goal of exploring potential solutions for the next Congress, which begins Jan. 3, 2027.\n\nTo read more about H.R. 7432, Fostering the Future Act, click here.", 1, "2026-09-04T09:19:37Z", "2026-09-04T09:20:58Z"]], "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://moran.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2892"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8243920747190714, "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"}