{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://smucker.house.gov/media/press-releases/smucker-notes-disparity-federal-education-funding", "Smucker Notes Disparity in Federal Education Funding", "2023-10-31", "2023", "2023-10", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Lloyd Smucker", "S001199", "smucker.house.gov", "smucker", "https://smucker.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington\u2014Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11), a member of the House Ways & Means Committee, is shining a light on a wide funding disparity between programs supporting four-year degree programs and career and technical education programs.\n\nSmucker commented during a recent hearing of the House Ways & Means Committee:\n\n\u201cNow, I wouldn\u2019t discourage a four-year degree. It\u2019s important. But think about the need to reconfigure and rebalance where we place our priorities\u2026I have a bill today, as well, that would create a tax credit. And I think, when you look at the disparity in where we are putting our focus and our federal dollars\u2026it\u2019s really important that we pass something like [the USA Workforce Tax Credit Act], as well,\u201d said Smucker.\n\nDuring the hearing, Smucker highlighted his USA Workforce Tax Credit Act,legislation which will supercharge investment in community-based apprenticeship initiatives, career and technical education, and workforce development. Donations made to nonprofits organizations including educational institutions, community organizations, training institutes, community colleges, scholarship groups and labor union-affiliated nonprofits, would be eligible for a limited tax credit.\n\nThe Federal Student Aid office annually spends approximately $112 billion on grants, work-study and loan programs. The Government Accountability Office estimated the cost of the federal Direct Loan program was $197 billion over the past twenty-five years. Initial estimates suggested this program would generate $114 billion in new revenue over this time.\n\nThe cost for WIOA is approximately $4 billion annually and the federal Perkins program provides nearly $1.4 billion for career and technical education each year.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:49:26Z"]], "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://smucker.house.gov/media/press-releases/smucker-notes-disparity-federal-education-funding"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6865399666130543, "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"}