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  • Chairman Graves Statement on Small Business Surveys
    Oct 4, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement in response to the third quarter survey of small businesses by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber poll found that 89% say tax increases will hurt their small businesses, 83% will not hire over the n... More
  • Bloomberg Government: Periscope Maker Closes as Small Vendors Head for Fiscal Cliff
    Sep 20, 2012 - Periscope Maker Closes as Small Vendors Head for Fiscal Cliff September 20, 2012 12:00AM ET | Bloomberg Government (Bloomberg) -- After a half-century of making periscopes for armored vehicles, Miller-holzwarth Inc. shut down, having struggled with U.S. military budget cuts and the threat of more re... More
  • Sequestration Will Slash Nearly a Million Small Business Jobs
    Sep 20, 2012 - The Small Business Committee today held a hearing on the effects of sequestration on small business contractors and the industrial base. The hearing’s testimony included new data that shows that of the 2.14 million jobs at risk, 956,000 small business jobs will most likely be cut as a result of sequ... More
  • Rep. Allen West in POLITICO: Still Time To Save Small Businesses
    Sep 20, 2012 - Still time to save small businesses By Rep. Allen West Thursday September 20, 2012 Our nation has a defining choice to make, and time is short. The Pentagon is bracing for devastating cuts through sequestration. For the sake of national security, jobs and the next generation, we must stop this in i... More
  • What Small Business Owners Are Saying About The Impact Of Sequestration
    Sep 19, 2012 - Ahead of Thursday's hearing, Sequestration: The Threat to Small Businesses, Jobs, and the Industrial Base, American small business owners shared how sequestration will impact their company through the Committee’s interactive website, “Small Biz Open Mic”: ___________________________________________... More
  • Bloomberg BNA: Proposal to Raise Top Tax Rates Ignores Challenges for Passthroughs, Witnesses Say
    Sep 14, 2012 - Bloomberg BNA: Proposal to Raise Top Tax Rates Ignores Challenges for Passthroughs, Witnesses Say September 13, 2012 Sept. 13 (BNA) - Allowing the top tax rates to rise on households earning more than $250,000 may sound appealing to those looking to reduce the nation's deficit without inflicting mor... More
  • Walsh Subcommittee Examines the Fiscal Cliff's Impact on Small Business
    Sep 13, 2012 - The Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access, led by Chairman Joe Walsh (R-IL), today held a hearing titled, Adding to Uncertainty: Small Businesses’ Perspectives on the Tax Cliff. The Subcommittee heard testimony from small business owners that tax increases will put m... More
  • Graves Announces Hearing on the Effect of Sequestration on Small Business
    Sep 13, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing on the impact of sequestration on small business federal contractors. The hearing, titled, Sequestration: The Threat to Small Businesses, Jobs, and the Industrial Base, is scheduled to be... More
  • Committee Exposes Proposed Fees’ Negative Economic Impact on Aviation Industry
    Sep 12, 2012 - The Committee on Small Business, led by Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), today held a hearing titled, User Fees in the Aviation Industry: Turbulence Ahead, examining small business concerns about a proposed new fee on general aviation. The Committee heard testimony on the financial and regulatory impact ... More
  • Ellmers Subcommittee Examines Medicare Durable Medical Equipment Program
    Sep 11, 2012 - The Small Business Subcommittee on Healthcare and Technology, under the chairmanship of Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC), today held a hearing on the Medicare competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment, and its impact on small suppliers. For years, Medicare’s benefit for durable medical equi... More

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