{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases/one-year-later-rep-carter-highlights-unprecedented-recovery-powered-democrats", "One Year Later, Rep. Carter Highlights Unprecedented Recovery Powered By Democrats\u2019 American Rescue Plan", "2022-03-12", "2022", "2022-03", "Democrat", "House", "LA", "Troy A. Carter", "C001125", "troycarter.house.gov", "troycarter", "https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 One year since Democrats\u2019 American Rescue Plan Act was signed into law, Congressman Troy A. Carter Sr. highlighted how this legislation changed the course of the pandemic, put working Louisianians back on the path to financial security and supported police officers, firefighters, health care workers and other frontline heroes.\n\n\u201cThe American Rescue Plan gave Louisianians reason to hope that we could finally defeat this pandemic,\u201d said Congressman Carter. \u201cThanks to Democrats\u2019 leadership, that hope has given way to results: 2.45 million Louisianians have been vaccinated and Louisiana\u2019s unemployment rate has plummeted to 4.4 percent. This historic legislation kickstarted an historic recovery, delivering the resources needed to get vaccines in arms, money in pockets, workers back in jobs and kids safely back in schools. The American people elected President Biden and Democratic Majorities in Congress to deliver \u2013 and with our Rescue Plan, that\u2019s exactly what we did. I am proud to have cast my vote to give our state the tools to beat the pandemic and support Louisiana\u2019s working families.\u201d\n\nDemocrats\u2019 Rescue Plan has deployed billions in funds to help Louisiana contain COVID-19 and build a strong, sustainable and just economic recovery, including:\n\n\u00b7 $3 billion for Louisiana\u2019s state and local governments, helping to preserve services, scale up testing, distribute vaccines, and keep essential workers on the job \u2013 including health care workers, police, firefighters, teachers, and food, sanitation, and transportation workers\n\n\u00b7 $2.6 billion for Louisiana\u2019s schools, helping students safely return to in-person learning\n\n\u00b7 $1,400 relief checks delivered to 2,393,823 people in Louisiana, totaling $5.76 billion\n\n\u00b7 $261.7 million in emergency rental assistance for Louisiana, keeping a roof over working families\u2019 heads\n\n\u00b7 $772.5 million in child care funds for Louisiana, helping early childhood educators and family child care providers keep their doors open\n\n\u00b7 $683 million supporting Louisiana\u2019s colleges and universities, including $196 million for community colleges\n\nNationally, these investments have powered an unprecedented economic recovery that has delivered:\n\n\u00b7 The greatest single year of job creation in American history: 6.6 million jobs created in the President\u2019s first year and 7.4 million over the course of the Biden Administration. More manufacturing jobs \u2013 nearly half a million \u2013 were created than in any year since 1994.\n\n\u00b7 The fastest economic growth in almost 40 years: with the GDP growing last year at 5.7 percent, the fastest rate since 1984.\n\n\u00b7 The biggest single year drop in the unemployment rate in our history: falling from 6.4 percent when Democrats took office to around 4 percent and now, 3.8 percent. When President Biden took office, over 18 million were receiving unemployment benefits; now, only 2 million are.\n\n\u00b7 A new record of 5.4 million new small businesses created: a full million more small businesses than in the year before.\n\n\u201cAs we mark this milestone, Congressional Democrats are continuing to build on the progress of the past year by lowering costs, growing paychecks and creating jobs,\u201d said Congressman Carter. \u201cI am committed to fighting for and winning the resources we need to Build a Better Louisiana.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:06:17Z"]], "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://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases/one-year-later-rep-carter-highlights-unprecedented-recovery-powered-democrats"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.494814805686474, "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"}