{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norcross.house.gov/press-releases?ID=7B4B6777-A33A-48BB-9A14-543834F3416D", "Norcross Touts Historic Investments in Child Care, Education, Job Training for South Jersey", "2021-09-13", "2021", "2021-09", "Democrat", "House", "NJ", "Donald Norcross", "N000188", "norcross.house.gov", "norcross", "https://norcross.house.gov/press-releases", "page_html", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (D-NJ) along with Reps. Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Susan Wild (D-PA), members of the House Committee on Education and Labor, touted investments in child care, education, job training, and child nutrition advanced through the Committee\u2019s section of the Build Back Better Act. The historic investments will lower costs for families, secure good-paying jobs for American workers, and set a strong foundation of America\u2019s children.\n\n\u201cBy advancing important provisions of the Build Back Better Act, we laid a clear path to make historic investments in affordable child care and higher education, strengthening our public schools, securing good-paying jobs for workers, reducing child hunger, and ensuring mental health parity,\u201d said Congressman Norcross. \u201cThe Build Back Better Act will increase opportunity for students, families, and workers. I am proud to support these historic investments that will benefit working families across South Jersey.\u201d\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s a lot at stake in our economic recovery, and we have a chance in the coming days to shape a piece of legislation that can fundamentally improve the lives of millions of Americans,\u201d said Congresswoman Wild. \u201cI am very optimistic that Congress can get this right, and that means including the commonsense investments into workforce, education, and child care programs that we know will strengthen American families, small businesses, and major employers for generations to come.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Build Back Better plan is an example of how Congress can work to deliver on behalf of real American workers and families,\u201d said Congressman Courtney. \u201cAmerican families are feeling more and more squeezed economically, and the Build Back Better plan makes them the priority\u2014the Education and Labor Committee\u2019s portion of the bill would finally make childcare more affordable, would provide more training opportunities for high-paying careers, and would give more Americans the basic support they need right now to focus on their own lives, livelihoods, and loved ones. The Build Back Better plan is a long overdue investment that will help grow America\u2019s economy and our strength of community, and I\u2019ll keep working across the aisle to make it a reality.\u201d\n\nThe investments advanced through the Committee last week will:\n\nLower the cost of child care and secure universal pre-K for three- and four-year-olds.\n\nLower the cost of higher education by funding two years of tuition-free community college and increasing the value Pell Grants.\n\nStrengthen our public schools by helping school districts repair, modernize, or rebuild crumbling and outdated school buildings.\n\nHelp workers secure good-paying jobs by expanding job training programs.\n\nHelp prevent child hunger by expanding our most effective child nutrition programs.\n\nThe Build Back Better Act includes investments in registered apprenticeship and job training programs and mental health parity that Congressman Norcross helped secure.\n\nFor a summary on the Committee on Education and Labor\u2019s portion of the Build Back Better Act, click here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-03-30T11:08:25Z"]], "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://norcross.house.gov/press-releases?ID=7B4B6777-A33A-48BB-9A14-543834F3416D"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8231368847191334, "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"}