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Cut, Cap & Balance – an approach to reform Washington

With a $14.3 trillion dollar debt, we have kicked the can to the end of the proverbial road. It is time to make the tough decisions that will reform our spending habits and set our country back on a road to fiscal responsibility. The Cut, Cap, and Balance Act is a conservative approach to tackling [...]

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What’s Holding Your Small Business Back?

For two and a half years the President and Democrats in Washington have embraced a tax, spend, and regulate mentality that, in the midst of our great recession, has proved to be a job killer. The June unemployment report – 9.2% – confirmed what we already knew. President Obama’s policies are bad for business. In [...]

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Creating a Business-Friendly Environment

“Small medical practices, like small businesses, are not immune from the barriers placed on them by ineffective and inefficient government burdens. As a registered nurse, I understand that a modern, efficient and well-equipped office is critical to the practice of medicine.” (Renee Ellmers, Fayetteville Obersver, 06/16/11) Reducing the government burden on small businesses and medical [...]

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Video: Questioning Secretary Geithner

I had the opportunity to question Secretary Geithner when he testified before the Small Business Committee last week. During our exchange, the secretary told me the administration has no choice but to continue adding to the excessive burdens on the backs of our small businesses – or else shrink the government.  On behalf of the small [...]

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Roll Call Highlights Freshmen Republican Women in DC

Last week, Roll Call profiled me along with three other freshman Republican women in an article about conservative women affecting change on Capitol Hill. Here’s a quick excerpt: “Republicans have a new weapon in their messaging arsenal — a growing, influential caucus of younger GOP women intent on fighting back against Democratic claims that the [...]

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