U.S. Senator Katie Britt Highlights Tax Day Wins for Hardworking Americans Thanks to Republicans’ Working Families Tax Cuts Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) today joined Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Republican Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), Ashley Moody (R-Fla.), and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) in a Tax Day press conference highlighting the many wins Republicans secured for hardworking Americans in the historic Working Families Tax Cuts (WFTC) Act.

Last July, Senator Britt led her colleagues in delivering updated child care tax credits in the Senate reconciliation bill for the first time in 25 years. The modernized and increased tax relief, which will improve the accessibility and affordability of child care, includes 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).

Excerpts of Senator Britt's remarks are below. You can also view her full remarks here.

On the child care tax credit updates she secured through in the WFTC Act:

"Affordability and accessibility of childcare is an issue. We've seen that from coast to coast. We've seen that and heard that from our largest manufacturers to our smallest businesses, that they have people who want to come to work, who want to be a part of building back America, but that affordability or accessibility is an impediment to that … We took a look at DCAP. DCAP used to be $5,000, and it's been that way … since 1986 … President Reagan was in office the last time that we touched this. We … updated that for the very first time with over a 50% increase, now allowing parents to [set aside] $7,500 that they can use … Additionally, we took a look at the CDCTC that hasn't been updated since 2001, increasing that about $900 … And [for] the first time [since] 2001, we updated 45F.

"That's where we're taking a look and saying, how can we have a collaboration, public private partnerships, how can we make sure that everyone has a seat at the table as we work to address this in a responsible way? … And now also, for the very first time ever, small businesses get to take a part of that as well, pooling their resources up to $600,000 … if you think about an industrial park there in rural America that's trying to figure out how do we get workers here and be able to create a sustainable environment where they know their children are being loved? This can do that. How do you take a look at the small businesses on your Main Streets that make our communities thrive, that make Alabama so special, how do you let them work together to actually tackle this issue? This is how we do it."

On how the affordability and availability of child care affects women in the workforce:

"[W]e lost 455,000 women from the workforce last year, from January to August of 2025. Look, we know that this affects parents, both men and women, but we know it disproportionately affects women … We want to make sure that every person who wants to achieve their American Dream … has that opportunity. So, I am proud of the work that we have done."

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