{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-schiff-introduce-legislation-to-help-small-businesses-combat-increasing-cybersecurity-threats/", "Young, Schiff Introduce Legislation to Help Small Businesses Combat Increasing Cybersecurity Threats", "2026-08-07", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), members of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, introduced the Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Evaluation Act, bipartisan legislation to improve the federal cybersecurity tools that protect small businesses against cyber threats \u2013 helping integrate the technology, resources, and programs they need to stay protected in a changing digital landscape.\n\n\u201cSmall businesses are increasingly targeted by cybercriminals, but too many owners don\u2019t know where to turn for help,\u201d said Senator Young. \u201cThis commonsense legislation will identify gaps, improve coordination, and ensure small businesses have access to the tools they need to defend themselves from evolving cyber threats. When small businesses are better protected, they can spend less time responding to cyberattacks and more time creating jobs and growing our economy.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs small businesses face a growing threat of cyberattacks and phishing schemes, we must give them the tools they need to stop hacks and lower their risk. Our bipartisan legislation will improve federal cybersecurity resources to help small businesses mitigate their cybersecurity vulnerabilities,\u201d said Senator Schiff.\n\nThe Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Evaluation Act will require the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to develop a report on all federal cybersecurity resources, initiatives, programs, tools, and services available to small business owners. This report must include:\n\nInformation on the most common cybersecurity threats faced by small businesses;\n\nA description and assessment of the different levels of awareness, use, coordination, and integration of the federal resources;\n\nA list of foundational cybersecurity concepts absent from federal resources; and\n\nRecommendations on how to improve the effectiveness of these tools.", 1, "2026-08-15T05:23:20Z", "2026-08-15T05:24:50Z"]], "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.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-schiff-introduce-legislation-to-help-small-businesses-combat-increasing-cybersecurity-threats/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.248174976557493, "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"}