[COVID-19 Business & Food Systems]
Rep. Velázquez: “Many small businesses across the food system are still in the difficult position of figuring out how to pay rent and survive, while many have shut down forever.”
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Small Business
COVID-19 PPP SMALL BUSINESS LOANS TO U.S. TERRITORIES INEQUITABLE SAY LAWMAKERS
[COVID-19\PPP Loans]
Velázquez: “Small businesses in the five territories are facing the same dire conditions as those in the fifty states.”
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VELAZQUEZ: NEW BI-PARTISAN COVID-19 RELIEF BILL GOOD, MORE MUST BE DONE
[COVID-19 Relief Bill]
Velazquez: “While this bill is a step in the right direction, Congress should immediately get to work on the next relief package.”
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COMMUNITY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INVOLVEMENT IN SMALL BUSINESS COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDING IS CRITICAL
[SBA COVID-19 Relief Loan Funding]
Velazquez: “To expand opportunities for women-, minority-, and veteran-owned businesses, we must increase the role of mission-based lenders, those who are deeply embedded in their communities, such as community banks, community development financial institutions, and SBA microloan intermediaries.”
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GOV. CUOMO, SMALL BUSINESSES URGENTLY NEED HELP FROM ALBANY
[COVID-19\Small Business]
Let businesses use some of the money they would have sent to Albany, as sales taxes, to market their new offerings…Every dollar a small business spends on advertising —up to some reasonable limit— would be a dollar saved off that business’s sales tax bill.
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ILLINOIS REP. UNDERWOOD’S LEGISLATION TO REDUCE TAXES FOR MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES PASSES HOUSE
[Economy\Middle-Class Taxes]
Rep. Underwood: “Before the Republican tax law took effect, taxpayers in our community were able to deduct all of their state and local taxes before calculating their federal tax bill—the average amount is over $14,000 and well over $20,000 for some in our community. Now they’re limited to just $10,000—a loss of thousands for middle class families.”
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