{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://downing.house.gov/media/press-releases/downing-scholten-introduce-legislation-help-small-businesses-develop-ai", "Downing, Scholten\u00a0Introduce Legislation to Help Small Businesses Develop AI Literacy", "2025-10-28", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "House", "MT", "Troy Downing", "D000634", "downing.house.gov", "downing", "https://downing.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Congressman Troy Downing (MT-02) and Congresswoman Hillary Scholten (MI-03) introduced the bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Wisdom for Innovative Small Enterprises (AI-WISE) Act, legislation that would require the Small Business Administration to develop AI-literacy resources on its existing e-learning platform.\n\nAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly 1 in 4 businesses do not know whether they will or will not use AI in production during the next six months. This bill would help small business owners considering adopting AI tools to critically evaluate and assess their capabilities and help remedy any related drawbacks.\n\n\u201cAI holds the potential to be a force multiplier for the small businesses that drive Montana\u2019s economy forward,\u201d said Congressman Downing. \u201cI am proud to be leading this legislation with Congresswoman Scholten to provide resources for Main Street regarding the practical ways AI can be implemented to support our small business leaders. I look forward to seeing its positive impacts in the Treasure State.\u201d\n\n\u201cSmall businesses are eager to embrace AI, but they need quality education and support to do so effectively,\u201d said Congresswoman Scholten. \u201cIt is our responsibility to ensure they have access to the resources and training needed to harness AI\u2019s potential while avoiding pitfalls. As a member of the House Committee on Small Business, I\u2019m proud to be introducing this commonsense, bipartisan legislation to make sure small businesses aren\u2019t being left behind as AI reshapes our economy.\u201d\n\nThe full text of the legislation is available here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "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://downing.house.gov/media/press-releases/downing-scholten-introduce-legislation-help-small-businesses-develop-ai"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6317198276519775, "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"}