{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.tillis.senate.gov/2023/11/tillis-colleagues-reintroduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-support-startups-small-businesses", "Tillis, Colleagues Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support Startups, Small Businesses", "2023-11-21", "2023", "2023-11", "Republican", "Senate", "NC", "Thom Tillis", "T000476", "www.tillis.senate.gov", "tillis", "https://www.tillis.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senator Thom Tillis and his colleagues recently introduced the Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act, bipartisan legislation that would ensure that individuals who want to invest in startups do not face burdensome regulations, and allow those startups to get the investments they need to grow their business and create jobs.\n\n\u201cSmall business investors play a crucial role in allowing start-ups to grow and create more jobs, but too often face unnecessary regulatory requirements that deter investment,\u201d said Senator Tillis. \u201cThis bipartisan legislation will remove burdensome regulations so we can invest in our small business and continue to grow our economy.\u201d\n\nIn order for startups to secure capital and grow their businesses, entrepreneurs commonly attend \u201cdemo days\u201d, or conferences that allow startups to showcase their business model in front of valuable startup investors, such as \u201cangel investors.\u201d\n\nThe HALOS Act would codify provisions finalized in SEC rules to ensure that startups can continue to present at demo days without facing onerous regulations, and instead preserve the same investor vetting process that angel investors have been using at demo days for years. This bipartisan legislation will enable startups to continue to get the investments they need to grow and create new jobs.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "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.tillis.senate.gov/2023/11/tillis-colleagues-reintroduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-support-startups-small-businesses"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7646831218153238, "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"}