{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-op-ed-west-virginia-cant-afford-new-small-business-tax", "Miller Op-Ed: West Virginia Can\u2019t Afford a New Small Business Tax", "2022-07-20", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "WV", "Carol D. Miller", "M001205", "miller.house.gov", "miller", "https://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congresswoman Miller today penned an op-ed for the Huntington Herald Dispatch titled, \u201cWest Virginia Can\u2019t Afford a New Small Business Tax.\u201d\n\nWest Virginia Can\u2019t Afford a New Small Business Tax\n\nBy: Rep. Carol Miller\n\nWest Virginia small businesses have been through a lot over the last two years: pandemic closures, loss of sales, worker shortages, supply chain disruptions, skyrocketing inflation, and record high gas prices. Data from the National Federation of Independent Business shows that small business confidence is at a 48-year low. This is concerning, but not surprising. Traveling around my district, I hear from small business owners who are struggling to keep their doors open and the lights on. They\u2019re angry that failed policies mean they can\u2019t find workers and they\u2019re disturbed that President Biden\u2019s Washington is giving them nothing but problems.\n\nAs a defender of our small businesses, I was appalled last week to see Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was teeing up a vote on a new small business tax to fund President Biden\u2019s agenda. That\u2019s right \u2013 a brand new federal tax for small businesses. The proposal would be a significant tax increase for certain small businesses and is inaccurately being characterized by Senate Democrats as \u2018closing a loophole.\u2019 Not a penny of Senator Schumer\u2019s new tax will be paid by large corporations.\n\nSenate Democrats need to come to the conclusion that now is not the time to raise taxes on small businesses. As they grapple with record inflation, the highest in 40 years, we need to support our vulnerable employers, not burden them with more federal taxes. I\u2019m sure many West Virginia small business owners and their employees would be happy to show that they already pay more than their fair share to Uncle Sam.\n\nWest Virginia small businesses are the backbone of our economy. Ninety-five percent of our state\u2019s businesses are small, representing nearly half of all West Virginia payroll. These businesses aren\u2019t using a loophole. They\u2019re hanging on by a thread, and they need our help. Now is not the time to throw a new small business tax at them. I hope all of my colleagues will join me in the fight for the survival of West Virginia\u2019s small business economy.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:49:02Z"]], "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://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-op-ed-west-virginia-cant-afford-new-small-business-tax"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0116337798535824, "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"}