{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.britt.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-u-s-senator-katie-britt-joins-cbs-sunday-morning-news/", "ICYMI: U.S. Senator Katie Britt Joins CBS Sunday Morning News", "2025-11-03", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "Senate", "AL", "Katie Boyd Britt", "B001319", "www.britt.senate.gov", "britt", "https://www.britt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined Tracy Smith on CBS Sunday Mornings along with Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) to discuss efforts on the federal level to improve the accessibility and affordability of child care. She secured modernized and increased child care tax credit updates in President Trump and Republicans\u2019 recent Working Families Tax Cut Act.\n\nSenator Britt emphasized the economic consequences of unaffordable child care, saying, \u201cOur economy loses $122 billion a year because of affordability or accessibility of child care.\u201d\n\nSmith responded, \u201cSo this isn\u2019t just a social issue. It\u2019s an economic issue.\u201d\n\nSenator Britt replied, \u201cAbsolutely. Studies show that 59% of stay at home and or part time working parents say that they want to reenter the workforce. But this reliability, affordability, (and) accessibility issue is keeping them out of it.\u201d\n\nSmith highlighted the historic child care provisions that Senator Britt fought to include in the Working Families Tax Cut Act: \u201cThis year, as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill, the duo updated childcare tax credits for the first time in a quarter century \u2026 They also increased tax benefits for business and limits to flexible spending accounts.\u201d\n\nWhen asked what she would tell parents struggling with child care costs, Senator Britt said, \u201cWe\u2019re fighting for you. And so we\u2019re going to keep working and keep making sure that we deliver solutions.\u201d\n\nYou can watch the full segment here.\n\nSenator Britt is leading the charge in implementing child care solutions nationwide. Her bipartisan Child Care Availability and Affordability Act was widely supported across the Senate and significant portions were included in the Senate\u2019s reconciliation bill earlier this year, including updates to the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC), the Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP), and the Employer-Provided Child Care Tax Credit (45F). CDCTC and 45F have not been permanently updated since 2001. Since then, child care costs have increased by 263%. DCAP has not been updated since 1986.\n\nBritt is committed to supporting families, mothers, and children throughout all seasons of life, and has also introduced the More Opportunities for Moms to Succeed (MOMS) Act, theNIH IMPROVE Act, and Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "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://www.britt.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-u-s-senator-katie-britt-joins-cbs-sunday-morning-news/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 4.554414190351963, "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"}