{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://polis.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398236", "Polis to participate in Facebook Live discussion on International Entrepreneur Rule", "2016-10-12", "2016", "2016-10", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Jared Polis", "P000598", "polis.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) will participate in a Facebook Live discussion on the new International Entrepreneur Rule, announced by the Obama Administration in August.\r\nThe proposed Rule would allow qualified international entrepreneurs to temporarily reside in the U.S. to start or grow a business.\u00a0 The public may comment on the rule through Oct. 17.\u00a0\r\nThe Facebook Live discussion is hosted by FWD.us, and it will include entrepreneurs and experts on immigration.\u00a0 The public is invited to ask questions about the rule through Facebook.\u00a0 The panel will address the economic impact of international entrepreneurship and obstacles to foreign entrepreneurship.\u00a0\r\nInternational entrepreneurship is vast in the U.S.\u00a0 Immigrant-owned business employ one in 10 American workers, and immigrants have founded roughly 25 percent of small businesses in America. \u00a0\r\nWHO: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Rep. Jared Polis\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Nigel Sharp, CEO, Stateless; Co-Founder, Lionsharp\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Andrea Guendelman, Co-Founder and CEO, BeVisible\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Lang Mei, Co-Founder and CEO, iNFormu\r\nWHAT: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Facebook Live discussion about the new International Entrepreneur Rule\u00a0 \r\nWHEN: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Thursday, Oct. 13 from 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. (Mountain Time)\r\nWHERE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0www.Facebook.com/FWDus\r\nPrior to serving in Congress, Polis founded several startup and tech companies, including ProFlowers.com and Techstars.\u00a0 In Congress, he uses his business expertise to serve on the Committee on the Education and the Workforce.\u00a0 Through the Congressional Caucus on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Polis began Startup Day Across America, a nationwide day to raise awareness of entrepreneurial activity and discuss how federal policy can help entrepreneurs thrive.\r\nIn addition, Polis has been a leader on fixing our broken immigration system.\u00a0 In October 2013, he introduced the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, a comprehensive immigration reform bill that would have improved national security, streamlined our country\u2019s guest worker system, and created a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented individuals.\u00a0\u00a0The Senate companion of this landmark bill passed the Senate in June 2013 and was widely heralded as one of the most significant attempts to fix our broken immigration system in decades.\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://polis.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398236"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2938030995428562, "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"}