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David Crowley
stated on May 16, 2024 in Public appearance:

“Under (the Biden) administration we have witnessed the fastest growth of Black-owned small businesses in more than 30 years.”

By Vanessa Swales • June 28, 2024

Ron Johnson
stated on May 6, 2019 in a tweet:

"99.4% of businesses in Wisconsin are small businesses," and they employ "nearly half of our workforce."

By Eric Litke • May 7, 2019

Jason Smith
stated on November 9, 2018 in a tweet:

"In fact 7 out of 10 new jobs in America are created by small businesses."

By Titus Wu • November 19, 2018

Dana Wachs
stated on January 29, 2018 in a radio interview:

"We are last in the nation in startups — 50th."

By Eric Litke • March 8, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 in his State of the Union address:

"Small business confidence is at an all-time high."

By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018

Claire McCaskill
stated on February 14, 2017 in a press release on her website:

Small businesses "create two out of every three American jobs."

By Austin Hough • March 18, 2017

Steve Adler
stated on April 25, 2016 in speaking against Proposition 1 on Austin's May 7, 2016 ballot:

"Austin is number one in Texas in startups, venture capital and patents."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 13, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech in Orlando, Fla.:

"For the first time in 35 years, we have more businesses dying than we do starting."

By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2015

Catherine Taylor
stated on September 7, 2014 in a TV interview:

"Every time [the people from Newport Tent] work in a city or town they have a whole different set of permits that they have to get in order to pitch a tent."

By Alex Kuffner • September 25, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on September 14, 2014 in a campaign news release:

Since I took office, "Wisconsin ranks 11th in the nation in total business establishment growth compared to 47th in the years Mary Burke was Commerce secretary."

By Dave Umhoefer • September 17, 2014

Jeanne Shaheen
stated on October 9, 2013 in remarks from the Senate floor:

"Ninety six percent of employers in the Granite State are considered small businesses."

By Jim Haddadin • October 11, 2013

Gary Sasse
stated on February 10, 2013 in an appearance on 10 News Conference:

Of six Rhode Island tax-credit programs worth about $35 million, "three companies got 90 percent of that -- CVS and two companies not even located in the state of Rhode Island."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 24, 2013

Julián Castro
stated on September 4, 2012 in keynote address to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:

Says Mitt Romney told university students in Ohio that to start a business, they should "borrow money if you have to from your parents."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2012

Robert DiMuccio
stated on June 14, 2012 in a letter to policy holders:

"Rhode Islanders pay among the highest auto repair bills in the nation."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2012

Suzanne Bonamici
stated on January 10, 2012 in a debate:

Federal law prohibits the growing of industrial hemp in the United States.

By Janie Har • January 14, 2012

Eric Cantor
stated on November 25, 2011 in a news release.:

Small businesses "create 70 percent of the jobs in America."

By Sean Gorman • December 30, 2011

Tim Kaine
stated on April 5, 2011 in a YouTube video:

Virginia was named "best managed state, best state for business and best state to raise a child" while I was governor.

By Jacob Geiger • April 7, 2011

Mike Villarreal
stated on April 22, 2011 in a press conference:

"The only segment in the beer market that is growing is the craft beer segment."

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 6, 2011

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