Chabot: Small Businesses Need Trade Priorities and Accountability  from Washington As seen in the Washington Examiner Ninety-nine percent of American companies are actually small businesses, and they employ over half of the entire American workforce. When you stop and consider the fact that only two out of every 100 of those companies participate in international trade, it's obvious… Read more »

15 Things That Remind You How Long It's Been  Since The Last Major Tax Reform The tax code hasn't been overhauled since 1986 under President Ronald Reagan. ​That was nearly 30 years ago!​ A lot has changed since then. See for yourself with these 1986 throwbacks. 1. The Legend of Zelda​ was released by Nintendo. The ​Halo​ of its… Read more »

ICYMI: Despite Birthday Celebrations, the Blistering Truth About Obamacare and Small Businesses WASHINGTON - In the lead-up to the Obama administration's self-congratulatory celebration of the 5th anniversary of Obamacare today, national newspapers this weekend published a blistering account from the Associated Press of the law's crippling affect on American small… Read more »

Next Week at Small Business:  "Tangled in Red Tape" and Contracting II and III WASHINGTON—The Small Business Committee will hold the following hearings during the week of March 16, 2015. Full Committee Hearing Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. 2360 Rayburn House Office Building Tangled in Red Tape: New Challenges for Small Manufacturers On… Read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY: *Revised Schedule* This Week at Small Business WASHINGTON -  The Small Business Committee will hold the following hearings this week: ​Full Committee Hearing​ *TODAY* Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. 2360 Rayburn House Office Building Building an Opportunity Economy: State of Small Business and… Read more »

Opening Statement Chairman Steve Chabot Small Business Committee Hearing Building an Opportunity Economy: The State of Small Business and Entrepreneurship 3/4/2015   Good morning.  This hearing will come to order.  Thank you all for joining us. Today, we are here to examine the state of small business. For the Members here, it’s not the first or last time we’ll have… Read more »

    An Opportunity Economy Starts with Small Business Small businesses are failing faster than they're starting up. Here's why that needs to change--and what we can do to make it happen. By Rep. Steve Chabot Running a small business is a tough job. As any entrepreneur… Read more »

Washington Post: Meet Congress’s new small business leaders  Rep. Steve Chabot can empathize with small business owners. Before launching his political career – and between his two stints in Congress – the Ohio Republican and seasoned attorney owned and ran his own law practice in Cincinnati. “We were a small storefront law office, and we had to deal with all the things that come… Read more »

Chairman Chabot Opening Statement Full Committee Hearing: Contracting and the Industrial Base Prepared for Delivery WASHINGTON -- Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) opened today's full committee hearing on Contracting and the Industrial Base with the following statement: "Good morning. I call this hearing to order.  I’m happy to be here today, as this… Read more »

 On Monday, Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) hosted Small Business Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet on a walking tour of Cincinnati to meet with local small businesses.    Chabot and the Administrator visited businesses in the Over-the-Rhine community, met with startups at the Brandery, a local business… Read more »