{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.shaheen.senate.gov/news/press/ahead-of-small-business-saturday-shaheen-visits-granite-state-small-businesses-in-contoocook", "Ahead of Small Business Saturday, Shaheen Visits Granite State Small Businesses in Contoocook", "2025-11-25", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "Senate", "NH", "Jeanne Shaheen", "S001181", "www.shaheen.senate.gov", "shaheen", "https://www.shaheen.senate.gov/news/press", "scraper", "(Contoocook, NH) \u2013 U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Small Business Committee and a former Chair of the Committee, joined U.S. Small Business Administration New Hampshire District Director Amy Bassett and former New Hampshire Governor John Lynch for a walking tour of downtown small businesses ahead of Small Business Saturday on November 29th. The group made stops at Gould Hill Farm & Contoocook Cider Co., Witching Hour Coffee & Provisions, Indigo Blues and Der Markt at Marklin. Photos from today\u2019s small business walk can be found HERE.\n\n\u201cIt was great to be in downtown Contoocook visiting a number of small businesses ahead of Small Business Saturday and to highlight the role Main Street plays in our communities by creating jobs, supporting the economy and enriching our neighborhoods,\u201d said Senator Shaheen. \u201cI continue to hear from small businesses that the President\u2019s policies are making it harder instead of easier to make ends meet. I\u2019m going to keep pushing back in Washington - whether it\u2019s by advocating for an extension of the Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credits that disproportionately benefit small businesses and their employees or by calling out the harms of the administration\u2019s tariffs taxes that make basic necessities more expensive for business owners and everyday customers alike.\u201d\n\nAs the former Chair of the U.S. Senate Small Business Committee, Shaheen has championed efforts to support New Hampshire\u2019s small businesses and entrepreneurs. That includes helping lead efforts in Congress to mitigate the harmful impacts of President Trump's tariffs on Main Street. In recent months, Shaheen has traveled across the Granite State to discuss the impact of tariffs on New Hampshire\u2019s tourism industry and to visit businesses impacted by President Trump\u2019s trade war including Brothers\u2019 Cortado, Brueckner Group USA, Colby Footwear, Chatila\u2019s Bakery, C&J, DCI Furniture, Mount Cabot Maple, American Calan Inc. and NH Ball Bearings. Earlier in the year, Shaheen helped introduce bipartisan legislation, Creating Access to Necessary American-Canadian Duty Adjustments (CANADA) Act, that would exempt United States-owned small businesses from the sweeping tariffs imposed on Canadian products.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "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.shaheen.senate.gov/news/press/ahead-of-small-business-saturday-shaheen-visits-granite-state-small-businesses-in-contoocook"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.317802980542183, "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"}