Have you heard what Democrats in Washington are trying to do now? Rather than approve a full year extension of the payroll tax cut – a plan I support – President Obama and House Democrats are demanding a short, two month extension. It is painfully obvious that the President has never run a business. If [...]

I have said many times that one of the best ways we can grow the economy and get businesses hiring again is to get government out of the way. That’s why I’ll be supporting the REINS Act when it comes to the floor of the House this week. This bill will help rein in excessive [...]

Today, Rep. Ellmers has posted an op-ed in the Fayetteville Observer. Here’s an excerpt: Our economy is at a standstill and unemployment is at its highest level in decades. Our children are graduating from high school and college without any jobs and moving back home for a new life of unemployment purgatory. The statistics speak [...]

Have you heard what the President and the National Labor Relations Board have done to our friends just south of the border? Boeing, an American company, decided to expand its operations from Washington to South Carolina. South Carolina, like North Carolina, is a right to work state where employees don’t have to unionize to earn [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]