{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.manchin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=03EA9C56-8550-41B8-A0FE-18E298250E29", "Manchin Encourages West Virginians to Shop Small this Saturday", "2016-11-22", "2016", "2016-11", "Democrat", "House", "WV", "Joe Manchin", "M001183", "www.manchin.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Small Business Saturday is November 26\r\nWashington, D.C. ?\u00a0 U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) today encouraged West Virginians to shop at West Virginia small businesses this Saturday, November 26th\u00a0in celebration of the seventh\u00a0annual Small Business Saturday.\r\n\u201cWhether it\u2019s a local coffee shop, a family owned bakery or a tech start-up, these small businesses are what fuels our economy,\u201d Senator Manchin said. \u201cSmall businesses are the fiber of our communities and they are critical to our state\u2019s economic success. West Virginia\u2019s more than 120,000 small businesses make up an estimated 96 percent of our state\u2019s economy. When these businesses succeed, our state sees additional jobs and community development. As a small businessman myself, I value the important contributions West Virginia\u2019s small businesses make to our state, and I appreciate the many challenges they face. Small Business Saturday is an opportunity for all West Virginians to show support for our small businesses. I encourage all West Virginians to remember to shop at our small businesses not just this Saturday, but for the entire holiday season and throughout the year.\u201d\r\nSmall Business Saturday was launched in 2010. It is celebrated every year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, to promote shopping at small businesses throughout the country.\r\nTo promote #smallbizsat, Senator Manchin visited a locally owned restaurant in Charleston last week and shops in downtown Spencer earlier this week.\r\nTo find small businesses in your community to support this Saturday, please click here.\u00a0\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://www.manchin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=03EA9C56-8550-41B8-A0FE-18E298250E29"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9000848513096571, "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"}