{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2284", "Trahan, Carter Applaud Advancement of Bill Protecting Children\u2019s Health", "2021-11-04", "2021", "2021-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Congressman Earl L. \u201cBuddy\u201d Carter (GA-01) applauded the House Energy and Commerce Committee for advancing a bipartisan bill to protect children suffering from birth defects and other developmental disorders.\n\nH.R. 5551, the Improving the Health of Children Act, will reauthorize the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities. This lifesaving action will reaffirm the federal government\u2019s commitment to supporting children\u2019s health and well-being, 1 in 33 of whom suffer from a birth defect.\n\n\u201cThe National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities has been critical in helping young children with birth defects, and it\u2019s long past time for it to get the support it deserves,\u201d said Trahan, the bill\u2019s Democratic lead. \u201cThat\u2019s why I partnered with Congressman Carter to introduce bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Center for the first time in fifteen years and provide it with the resources necessary to bolster the efforts of more than a dozen essential programs. These are initiatives that change the lives of children, mothers, and families across the nation, and I\u2019m grateful to my colleagues for working with us to advance the Improving the Health of Children Act today.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe have a duty to protect young lives, not just as Members of Congress or Americans, but as people,\u201d said Carter, the bill\u2019s Republican lead. \u201cIf Operation Warp Speed taught us anything, it is that American health care innovation thrives when government supports research and development. There are lives out there that need saving. There are cures that are waiting to be discovered. This bill will help us do just that.\u201d\n\nSpecifically, H.R. 5551 would reestablish programs related to birth defects, folic acid, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities, child development, newborn screening, autism, fragile X syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome, Tourette syndrome, pediatric genetic disorders, disability prevention, and other relevant diseases.\n\nRead the full text of the bill HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:03Z"]], "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://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2284"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.954426359385252, "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"}