{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://rokita.house.gov/press-release/release-president-signs-rokita-led-child-care-modernization-bill-law", "Release - President Signs Rokita-Led Child Care Modernization Bill Into Law", "2014-11-19", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "IN", "Todd Rokita", "R000592", "rokita.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nNovember 19, 2014\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n PRESIDENT SIGNS ROKITA-LED CHILD CARE MODERNIZATION BILL INTO LAW \n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\n\u00a0\nChairman Rokita: \u201cThe people sent the message on November 4th\u00a0to \u201cget something done.\u201d\u00a0 Here is Exhibit A.\u00a0 This bi-partisan bill empowers parents to build better lives for themselves and their families through access to safe and affordable child care.\u201d\n\u00a0\nWashington, D.C.\u00a0\u2013 Representative Todd Rokita, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, saw a chief priority, the reauthorization of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (CCDBG), signed into law by the President today.\n\u201cThe reauthorization of this welfare-to-work program gives moms and dads child care choices while they work to eliminate long-term dependency on welfare programs. This assistance provides an opportunity to improve the lives of both current and future generations,\u201d said Rokita, Chairman of the Subcommittee that oversees the program.\nRokita shepherded passage of the bi-partisan reauthorization of the CCDBG program, which will break families away from the long-term dependency of federal welfare programs by ensuring them the dignity of work or training for a career as a requirement for program participation. The reauthorization modernizes the CCDBG program by implementing necessary safety standards for child care providers.\n\u201cThis is an example of the leadership necessary to reduce the power of the regulatory state and restore the law-making process to the proper branch of government,\u201d said Rokita.\nDuring the bill signing, the President vowed to abandon his proposed child care regulations due to passage of this bill. \u201cAccess to quality child care empowers people so they can build better lives for themselves and their families,\u201d Rokita stated.\nThe CCDBG program helped 36,600 Hoosier children from 19,300 families in 2013. It was first authorized in 1996 and provides funds to states to help low-income families access child care. Parents receive funds in the form of vouchers or certificates to pay the child care provider of their choice.\n\u00a0\n###", 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": ["http://rokita.house.gov/press-release/release-president-signs-rokita-led-child-care-modernization-bill-law"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.834606984630227, "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"}