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Look to US Small Businesses to Supply War Fighters By Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) Defense News May 16, 2016 For 55 years, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has been the primary way Congress meets its constitutional responsibility to “provide for the common defense.” As a vital national security policy bill, the NDAA has always provided our war fighters with the… Read more »

Every Small Business Started As An Idea By Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) May 6, 2016 Every small business started as an idea. Each year, National Small Business Week gives us the perfect opportunity to celebrate the invaluable contribution America’s small businesses make to our economy and the ideas that made them possible. It is also an… Read more »

  Note: The House Committee on Small Business will hear from a panel of experts about the cost of regulatory burdens at a hearing this Thursday, April 14, 2016, titled Regulation: The Hidden Small Business Tax. … Read more »

Note: House Committee on Small Business Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) today introduced legislation to reauthorize two key programs to help America's small companies before they are set to expire next year. In an op-ed for The Hill, Chairman Chabot explained how early reauthorization of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business… Read more »

How Congress Is Removing Obstacles For American Entrepreneurs By Chairman Steve Chabot March 7, 2016 I was recently reminded of an old story about Ohio’s legendary aviators, Wilbur and Orville Wright. The Wright Brothers hailed from just north of my district in Dayton and embodied the spirit of American entrepreneurship through their… Read more »

Policymakers Must Match Resolve of Entrepreneurs in 2016 The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Policy Dialogue on Entrepreneurship By Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) 2015 was a testament to the strength and resilience of America’s entrepreneurs. 2016 will be a challenge to… Read more »

A great gift idea: Tax reform By Chairman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) December 10, 2015 The Hill Nobody has more at stake in the tax reform debate than America’s small-business owners. As chairman of the House Small Business Committee, I am fully committed to making sure their voices are heard. There are over 28 million small businesses… Read more »

Chairman Chabot on FoxNews.com: When small businesses succeed, America succeeds November 27, 2015 Three guys walk into a Small Business Administration regional office – a shopkeeper, a rancher and an app developer. No, that’s not the set-up for a bad joke. It’s a useful way of thinking about how policymakers must expand our understanding of small business in the… Read more »

Celebrate, Support our Small Businesses Cincinnati Enquirer Nov. 27, 2015 U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot, a Westwood Republican, is chairman of the House Committee on Small Business. “We’ve come a long way in less than a decade and one thing’s for sure, Ohio is flyover country no more.” When local tech entrepreneur Chris Ostoich said those words to the House Small Business Committee last… Read more »

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