U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) today joined Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Republican Senators ... to highlight the benefits of the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, which includes provisions to modernize and increase tax credits for child care expenses.
Support and advocate for the passage of the Working Families Tax Cuts Act to modernize and increase tax credits for child care expenses.
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Evidence
U.S. Senator Katie Britt highlighted the broad support from local community leaders, industry stakeholders, and business organizations due to her successful efforts to include modernized and increased tax credits to improve the accessibility and affordability of child care in President Trump’s Working Family Tax Cuts legislation.
U.S. Senator Katie Britt led her colleagues in securing updated child care tax credits in the Senate reconciliation bill for the first time in 25 years.
U.S. Senators Katie Britt and Tim Kaine introduced the Child Care Availability and Affordability Act and the Child Care Workforce Act—two pieces of legislation aimed at making child care more affordable and accessible by strengthening existing tax credits.
U.S. Senators Katie Britt and Tim Kaine, along with U.S. Representatives Mike Lawler and Salud Carbajal, introduced the Child Care Availability and Affordability Act and the Child Care Workforce Act—bipartisan, bicameral legislation aimed at making child care more affordable and accessible by strengthening existing tax credits.
U.S. Senator Katie Britt voted to deliver the largest tax cut in history for working-class Americans, which included permanent child care tax relief for the first time in nearly 25 years.
Senator Britt highlighted the achievement of updating child care tax credits, emphasizing the permanent increase of the Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP) for the first time since 1986 and the modernization of the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC).
Senator Britt spoke on the Senate floor about her Child Care Availability and Affordability Act, highlighting the growing support for her legislation aimed at addressing the child care crisis.
Senator Britt highlighted America’s child care crisis and her legislation aimed at improving accessibility and affordability for families, emphasizing the economic impact and the need for targeted investments.
The Senator Britt press releases page shows a 2026-04-15 item titled 'U.S. Senator Katie Britt Highlights Tax Day Wins for Hardworking Americans Thanks to Republicans’ Working Families Tax Cuts Act,' indicating she was still publicly promoting the Act’s child care and family tax provisions during the current term.
Sponsor: Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] (Introduced 03/04/2025). Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the employer-provided child care credit and the dependent care assistance exclusion.
"We achieved another historic win by updating child care tax credits..." Britt said she was "at the tip of the spear in fighting to modernize three child care tax credits" and described permanent increases to DCAP, updates to CDCTC, and a major upgrade to the Employer-Provided Child Care Credit.
"On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the Working Families Tax Cuts Act into law."
Senator Katie Britt voted for the Senate reconciliation bill and stated she "directly secured permanent child care tax relief" as part of the package.
The Federal Register references "Public Law 119–21, the Working Families Tax Cuts Act," noting it was signed into law by the President on July 4, 2025 and directs agency implementation of its statutory changes.
Assessments
Britt publicly sponsored and advanced child care tax credit legislation, voted for the Senate reconciliation package, and the Working Families Tax Cuts Act was enacted on July 4, 2025 with those child care tax credit changes included. That satisfies the claim that she supported and advocated for passage of the Act to modernize and increase child care tax credits during her Senate term.
Evidence shows Senator Britt both sponsored/introduced child-care tax credit legislation (S.847) and publicly advocated for the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, voted for the Senate reconciliation tax bill that contained permanent child-care tax credit changes, and the Working Families Tax Cuts Act (Public Law 119-21) was signed into law on July 4, 2025 with subsequent Federal Register implementation guidance. These facts indicate the promised modernization/increases to child-care tax credits were enacted during her Senate term and she materially advanced the outcome.
The promised outcome was to support and advocate for passage of the Working Families Tax Cuts Act to modernize and increase child care tax credits. The evidence shows Britt introduced and promoted related child-care tax-credit legislation, voted for the package, claimed a role in securing the child care provisions, and the Act was signed into law on July 4, 2025 while she was serving the same Senate term. The enacted provisions match the promise's core policy target, so this counts as delivered with same-term timing.
The evidence shows Britt introduced and publicly advocated for child care tax-credit legislation, then later highlighted that the Working Families Tax Cuts Act included updated, increased, and permanent child care tax relief. That matches the claim’s core promise to support and advocate for passage of the Act to modernize and increase child care tax credits, and the outcome appears to have been achieved in her current term.
Multiple sources confirm that Senator Katie Britt not only advocated for but also successfully helped secure the modernization and increase of child care tax credits via the Working Families Tax Cuts Act and related legislation during her current Senate term. Evidence includes bill introduction, floor speeches, references to permanent changes in tax credits, and public acknowledgement of her leadership and direct role in passage.