{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://jack.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-brian-jack-convenes-hearing-impact-digital-assets-small-businesses", "Congressman Brian Jack Convenes Hearing on the Impact of Digital Assets on Small Businesses", "2026-09-15", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "House", "GA", "Brian Jack", "J000311", "jack.house.gov", "jack", "https://jack.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\nSeptember 15, 2026\n\nContact: Joseph Brannan\n\nWASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Brian Jack, who serves as the Chairman of the Small Business Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development, convened a hearing entitled \u201cMain Street Meets Crypto: What Digital Assets Mean for Small Businesses.\u201d\n\nThis hearing explored the impact of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology on small businesses and examined strategies to make these technologies more accessible to American entrepreneurs.\n\nCongressman Jack said, \u201cToday, as the Senate deliberates consideration of the landmark Clarity Act, I convened a bipartisan hearing entitled \u2018Main Street Meets Crypto: What Digital Assets Mean for Small Businesses.\u2019\n\nOur hearing examined opportunities to lower costs for small businesses, reduce payment friction for entrepreneurs, and utilize emerging technology to benefit Main Street across America.\n\nThank you to our witnesses for your insightful testimony before our Subcommittee today!\u201d\n\nTestifying before Chairman Jack\u2019s Small Business Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development were:\n\nFaryar Shirzad, Chief Policy Officer at Coinbase\n\nBen Leventhal, Chief Executive Officer of Blackbird Labs, Inc.\n\nDr. Andrew Wu, Associate Professor of Technology and Operations at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business\n\nTogether, the witnesses discussed how cryptocurrency and blockchain technology intersects with small businesses, and they emphasized the importance of clear rules, practical guidance, and better education to support broader adoption of this technology.\n\nFollowing the hearing, Congressman Jack hosted a reception featuring burgers from PubKey, a small business that accepts Bitcoin, and Papa John\u2019s pizza, a nod to the first known commercial Bitcoin transaction: a 2010 purchase of two Papa John\u2019s pizzas for 10,000 Bitcoin.\n\nThe Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development is a subcommittee of the House Committee on Small Business, on which Congressman Jack serves.\n\nCongressman Jack is one of only five freshmen U.S. Representatives to chair a subcommittee in the 119th Congress.", 1, "2026-09-18T09:27:43Z", "2026-09-18T09:29:09Z"]], "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://jack.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-brian-jack-convenes-hearing-impact-digital-assets-small-businesses"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.357290893793106, "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"}