{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://roby.house.gov/newsroom/in-the-news/alabama-today-martha-roby-joins-ivanka-trump-house-and-senate-leaders-push", "Alabama Today: Martha Roby joins Ivanka Trump, House and Senate leaders to push child tax credit expansion", "2017-10-25", "2017", "2017-10", "Republican", "House", "AL", "Martha Roby", "R000591", "roby.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Alabama 2nd District U.S. Rep. Martha Roby\u00a0appeared alongside First Daughter Ivanka Trump as well Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill Wednesday to promote the expansion of the child tax credit\u00a0to help working families as part of a GOP tax-reform proposal.\n\u201cExpanding the child tax credit is the right thing to do,\u201d Roby said at a news conference promoting the proposal. \u201cFor the people I represent, this can make a big difference. For that mom working a retail job or the dad driving the truck or the parent working two or three jobs so the other one can stay home \u2013 having a couple thousand dollars in your pocket is a big deal.\u201d\nShe continued,\u00a0\u201cI promise you parents know how to spend that money better than the government does.\u201d\nIvanka Trump, who has championed policies to help working families in the Trump Administration, said the child tax credit expansion is key to the President\u2019s commitment to ensuring tax reform benefits middle class Americans.\n\u201cToday, the vast majority of American homes are dual income,\u201d Ivanka said. \u201cOur tax code has to recognize and support this reality and support our dual values of work and a family. Over the years, as wages have stagnated the costs of raising a family have grown exponentially,\u201d she added. \u201cIt is a priority of this administration and it is a legislative priority to ensure that American families can thrive and that we deliver real and meaningful tax relief to middle-income Americans.\u201d\nUnder the tax reform framework from House and Senate Republicans and the White House, the child tax credit, which currently provides working families with $1,000 per child, would be significantly increased and made available to more middle and lower income Americans.\nDetails of the tax reform proposal are still being crafted. Specifics about the current blueprint are available on the House Ways and Means website here.", 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://roby.house.gov/newsroom/in-the-news/alabama-today-martha-roby-joins-ivanka-trump-house-and-senate-leaders-push"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6430039647966623, "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"}