PRESS RELEASE

Ellmers to Secretary Geithner: “You are Wrong”

on Tax Increases for Small Businesses

Geithner Testifies that 3 Percent of Small Businesses will be Impacted by Tax

Increases, Equivalent to Over 750,000 Businesses

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Renee Ellmers released the following video from her exchange with Secretary Geithner at this morning's House Small Business Committee hearing:

This morning, the House Small Business Committee held a full committee hearing entitled, "The State of Small Business Access to Capital and Credit: The View from Secretary Geithner." In the hearing, Secretary Geithner testified that increasing taxes on 3 percent of small businesses was vital to protecting spending for government programs such as education and infrastructure.

View Congresswoman Ellmers' exchange by clicking here

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For more information, please visit Congresswoman Ellmers’ website at www.ellmers.house.gov or call (202) 225-4531.