{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/davids-local-leaders-tour-kansas-small-businesses-ahead-small-business", "Davids, Local Leaders Tour Kansas Small Businesses ahead of Small Business Saturday", "2023-11-21", "2023", "2023-11", "Democrat", "House", "KS", "Sharice Davids", "D000629", "davids.house.gov", "davids", "https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "MISSION, KS\u2013 Today, Representative Sharice Davids joined the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for a tour of locally-owned businesses in Mission, KS. As Small Business Saturday is four days away, Davids, SBA Regional Administrator Mindy Brissey, and Johnson County Commissioner Becky Fast visited Sandhills Brewing and Mission: Board Games, small businesses located along Johnson Drive. Davids serves as a member of the U.S. House Small Business Committee.\n\n\u201cKansas small businesses are at the heart of our community and our economy, especially during the busy holiday season,\u201d said Davids. \u201cI\u2019ll continue standing up for local small business owners through my role on the U.S. House Small Business Committee, so they can support our economy, their families, and their employees. This Small Business Saturday and throughout the season, I hope we can embrace a sense of community spirit by choosing to shop locally in the Kansas Third District.\"\n\n\u201cLocal entrepreneurs really form the pulse of Greater Kansas City, playing a crucial role in shaping the distinctive character of the region and contributing to its economic vitality,\u201d said Mindy Brissey, Regional Administrator, SBA Region XII.\n\nLast year, Davids released a report on the recent local small business growth. She also shared what she is doing in Congress to support that growth, including voting to strengthen domestic supply chains and introducing legislation to support women and veteran business owners. Key findings include:\n\nIn 2021, 10,600 new business applications were filed in Kansas\u2019 Third District, up from an average of 7,500 since 2019.\n\nThe Kansas Small Business Development Center served 1,203 clients in 2021, leading to $49 million in annual sales, 876 jobs created, and 24 new businesses.\n\nIn 2021, small businesses in Kansas\u2019 Third District made up 92.2 percent of all district employers, with 16,173 small businesses employing 175,911 people.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "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://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/davids-local-leaders-tour-kansas-small-businesses-ahead-small-business"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7435248699039221, "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"}