{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/releases?ContentRecord_id=5c1f98ac-4cc9-41d3-9254-5242bfbed387", "Senator Hatch Comments on Passage of CCDBG", "2014-11-17", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "UT", "Orrin Hatch", "H000338", "www.hatch.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.\u2014Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement on the passage of the bipartisan, bicameral reauthorization of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 (CCDBG):\u00a0\r\n\u201cI was honored to work alongside Senators Burr and Mikulski on this much-needed reform in\u00a0child care\u00a0licensing, monitoring, and safety. \u00a0Too many young parents, faced with financial hardship, have to choose between\u00a0providing for their children\u00a0and\u00a0caring for them. \u00a0I'm\u00a0thrilled that we\u2019ve been able to work towards a solution to that\u00a0dilemma. \u00a0By empowering\u00a0states to direct the use of funds to train providers and improve the quality of care, families, not the federal government, get to determine what child care option is best for them. \u00a0I look forward to the President signing this bill into law.\u201d\r\nSenator Hatch has spent his career seeking ways to protect and help our children. \u00a0In 1989 he backed legislation that would provide funds to lower- and middle-income working parents to help them pay for childcare. \u00a0In 1997 he created the Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), designed to help provide children with health insurance. \u00a0Last month the Voices for Utah Children\u2019s First Focus Campaign recognized Senator Hatch as a defender of Children.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/releases?ContentRecord_id=5c1f98ac-4cc9-41d3-9254-5242bfbed387"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8221080061048269, "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"}