{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norman.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=45", "Congressman Norman Praises Passage of Save Local Business Act", "2017-11-07", "2017", "2017-11", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Ralph Norman", "N000190", "norman.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Ralph Norman (SC-05) has released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 3441, the Save Local Business Act:\r\n\"It may be clich\u00e9 to say that \u201csmall and local businesses are the backbone of our economy\u201d but at the end of the day, there is no denying that statement. Small businesses truly are the gears that keep our economy moving, and when they suffer, our economy suffers.\r\n\u201cSince 2015, when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) adopted an expanded definition of the \u201cjoint employer\u201d standard \u2013 upending decades of precedent and redefining who an employer is \u2013 there has been much confusion and ambiguity. For example, since then, there have been over 65,000 letters sent to Congress expressing confusion and asking for clarity in the aftermath of this rule.\r\n\u201cLocally owned franchises are America\u2019s unseen small businesses, and in my district alone, there are roughly 2,000 establishments that provide over 15,000 jobs with an economic output of over 1 billion dollars. Small business development, economic growth, and entrepreneurs will continue to be hurt by the NLRB\u2019s excessively broad definition of \u201cjoint-employer\u201d until Congress finds a concrete definition \u2013 which this piece of legislation will do.\r\n\u201cThe Save Local Business Act provides clarity for small and local businesses as to what it means to be a \u201cjoint employer,\u201d restoring necessary clarity for employers and employees alike. I am proud to have voted for this bipartisan bill which helps small businesses all across the nation.\u201d\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://norman.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=45"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8026540745049715, "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"}