{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://tonko.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3499", "Tonko Votes to Deliver Build Back Better Agenda", "2021-11-19", "2021", "2021-11", "Democrat", "House", "NY", "Paul Tonko", "T000469", "tonko.house.gov", "tonko", "https://tonko.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC\u2014Congressman Paul D. Tonko today celebrated the House passage of the Build Back Better Act, transformational legislation that dovetails the recently enacted bipartisan infrastructure framework by lowering costs for American families, tackling the climate crisis, supporting children and expanding health care all while ensuring any American making less than $400,000 doesn\u2019t pay a penny more.\n\n\u201cFor far too long, families in our Capital Region and across the nation have been held back by soaring costs, from housing and education to child and health care, all while the worsening climate crisis continues to threaten communities and destroy lives and livelihoods,\u201d Congressman Tonko said. \u201cInaction can no longer be the answer. Today, I joined Democrats in the House to seize this once-in-a-generation opportunity to build back better. Our legislation will create millions of good-paying jobs, bring historic middle-class tax cuts, lower family and health care costs and forge a path to a cleaner, stronger future. I\u2019m proud to help deliver these long-awaited investments that will unleash the full potential of every worker and family while ensuring the wealthiest corporations pay their fair share.\u201d\n\nThe Build Back Better Act:\n\nLowers families\u2019 health care costs by strengthening the Affordable Care Act, closing the coverage gap, and improving the benefits of Medicare, including allowing Medicare to negotiate proves for high-cost prescription medication, directly lowering drug costs for seniors\n\nIncludes Tonko\u2019s Medicaid Reentry Act to expand access to addiction treatment and other health services for incarcerated individuals transitioning back into the community\n\nSaves most families more than half their spending on child care\n\nDelivers free pre-K for every 3- and 4-year-old in America\n\nGives more than 35 million families a major tax cut by extending the expanded Child Tax Credit\n\nExpands access to high-quality home care for older adults and those with disabilities\n\nDelivers more than $550 billion to support clean energy development and fight climate change, including clean energy tax credits that support the growth of good family-supporting jobs, domestic manufacturing and electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure\n\nExpands offshore wind development in federal waters in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, Southeast Atlantic and the U.S. territories.\n\nProvides $150 billion in affordable housing investments to expand rental assistance for hundreds of thousands of households and preserve public housing for millions of residents\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"]], "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://tonko.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3499"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8436250500380993, "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"}