{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://schneider.house.gov/media/press-releases/bipartisan-group-congressional-members-launch-congressional-family-business", "Bipartisan Group of Congressional Members Launch the Congressional Family Business Caucus", "2022-12-01", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "IL", "Bradley Scott Schneider", "S001190", "schneider.house.gov", "schneider", "https://schneider.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, Representatives Brad Schneider (D-IL). Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Tom O\u2019Halleran (D-AZ), and Claudia Tenney (R-NY) and launched the bipartisan Congressional Family Business Caucus. This is the first congressional caucus focused solely on the critical issues facing generational owned family businesses of all sizes and industries across the United States.\n\nFind the website for the bipartisan Congressional Family Business Caucus here.\n\n\u201cFamily businesses are the backbone of our economy, employing the majority of America\u2019s private sector workforce and representing trillions of dollars of our economy each year. Yet, in speaking with family businesses from all parts of our country, they feel our current economic policies place them at a disadvantage, impede their capacity to grow, and put at risk their ability to pass on ownership of the business to the next generation. As such, it is time for Congress to take a closer look at and better understand the needs of America\u2019s family businesses. Establishment of the Congressional Family Business Caucus \u2013 which is long overdue \u2013 will go a long way toward keeping our family businesses at the forefront of policymaking and foster an environment that helps them thrive for generations to come,\u201d said Reps. O\u2019Halleran, Tenney, Schneider, and Arrington.\n\nThe Congressional Family Business Caucus will meet regularly and connect Members of Congress with America\u2019s family businesses in Washington, D.C. and in their districts and home states. Caucus membership is open to all members of Congress seeking to learn more about generational owned family business issues, which employ 59 percent of the nation\u2019s private workforce, or 83.3 million workers.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "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://schneider.house.gov/media/press-releases/bipartisan-group-congressional-members-launch-congressional-family-business"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7822290062904358, "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"}