{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-cassidy-move-to-eliminate-fraud-in-federal-child-care-funding/", "Tuberville, Cassidy Move to Eliminate Fraud in Federal Child Care Funding", "2026-07-14", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "AL", "Tommy Tuberville", "T000278", "www.tuberville.senate.gov", "tuberville", "https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) in introducing the Strengthening Transparency and Oversight to Prevent (STOP) Child Care Fraud Act. This legislation aims to protect American families\u2019 tax dollars from fraudulent federal child care spending.\n\n\u201cI appreciate the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to root out waste, fraud, and abuse from our federal government,\u201d said Sen. Tuberville. \u201cWe need to do everything we can in the Senate to support President Trump\u2019s efforts and stand up for the American taxpayers. Under Tim Walz\u2019s watch, $19 billion taxpayer dollars were stolen for fake \u2018daycare centers.\u2019 I\u2019m proud to join the Strengthening Transparency and Oversight to Prevent (STOP) Child Care Fraud Act to make sure this never happens again.\u201d\n\n\u201cEvery dollar spent on fraudsters is a dollar stolen from a child and family in need,\u201d said Sen. Cassidy. \u201cAmericans trust us to use their federal tax dollars wisely. By strengthening accountability, we protect taxpayer dollars and ensure working families have access to quality child care.\u201d\n\nRead full text of the legislation here.\n\nMORE:\n\nTuberville Launches Task Force to Eliminate Waste, Faud, and Abuse in Taxpayer-Funded Education\n\nTuberville, Husted Make Move to Crack Down on Student Aid Fraud\n\nTuberville Takes Action to Prevent Fraud in Child Care Following Somali Disaster in Minnesota\n\nSenator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans\u2019 Affairs, HELP and Aging Committees.\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-15T07:12:08Z", "2026-07-15T07:13:45Z"]], "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.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-cassidy-move-to-eliminate-fraud-in-federal-child-care-funding/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4775421004742384, "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"}