{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-miller-levin-lead-bipartisan-letter-irs-addressing-refund-delays", "Reps. Miller, Levin Lead Bipartisan Letter to IRS Addressing Refund Delays", "2022-04-08", "2022", "2022-04", "Republican", "House", "WV", "Carol D. Miller", "M001205", "miller.house.gov", "miller", "https://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON D.C. \u2013 Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) joined with Congressman Andy Levin (D-MI) to lead a bipartisan group of 66 of their colleagues in sending a letter to the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Charles P. Rettig, highlighting the urgent need to deliver Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) payments to Americans across the country.\n\nThe ERTC was designed to help small businesses rehire and retain employees they had to let go due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sadly, many small business owners nationwide are reporting wait times of eight to ten months to receive payments.\n\n\u201cThe Employee Retention Tax Credit was designed to help America\u2019s small businesses and nonprofits weather the economic storm of COVID-19,\u201d said Congresswoman Miller. \u201cIt\u2019s ridiculous that many of them are still waiting on refund credits. The IRS needs to take immediate action to get small businesses and nonprofits the relief they have been counting on for over a year. No business or organization should be punished because the IRS can\u2019t do its job efficiently.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs a former small business owner, I understand many small business people\u2019s frustrations during this period of economic instability. Many are hurting due to no fault of their own as a result of the pandemic, rising inflation and other factors,\u201d said Congressman Levin. \u201cIn a time when divisiveness and disagreement often keeps us apart, one thing I believe we can all come together on is how small business owners and their employees make up the fabric of our communities, and how vital it is that they receive aid urgently. I\u2019m grateful to my colleague Congresswoman Miller for her incredible work on this effort.\u201d\n\nThe letter reads in part, \u201cThe ERTC was designed to help businesses and nonprofits facing revenue reductions due to the economic uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the pandemic may be waning and businesses and nonprofits are starting to see growing demand, the economic challenges of the last two years remain. In addition, small businesses are facing rising costs for goods and services creating an additional economic urgency to receive their tax credit. The IRS must do all it can to ensure that ERTC claims are processed as quickly as possible, and those payments are sent out immediately.\u201d\n\nClick here to read the full text of the letter.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:19:30Z"]], "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/reps-miller-levin-lead-bipartisan-letter-irs-addressing-refund-delays"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.544515136629343, "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"}