Small Business

Small businesses create over 60% of all new jobs and are the backbone of our local economy. George supports giving small businesses the tools they need to start up, grow and thrive.

George supports making it easier for small businesses to get access to capital. He supported the Small Business Jobs Act, which expanded access to Small Business Administration loans by increasing loan guarantees, provided tax incentives for investors to invest in small businesses, and created a State Small Business Credit Initiative to make it easier for states to support small business lending.

He has also pushed to make it easier for small businesses to register when they are making initial public offerings by allowing more small businesses to use streamlined registration procedures that are simpler than the standard SEC requirements. President Obama recently backed this proposal under his American Jobs Act

George is also working to increase access for small businesses in the Bay Area to programs operated by the Commerce Department and the Export-Import Bank that are designed to increase Americans’ access to foreign markets.

Press Releases On Economy

Welch and Miller rally 127 Democrats in opposition to rolling back defense cuts

New report estimates impact of Payroll Tax Cut for local families

Miller Statement on President Obama’s State of the Union Address

Statement by Congressman George Miller on the Defense Authorization Bill of 2011

Miller Announces Local Manufacturer to Testify in Washington at Congressional Hearing on Small Business

California Members of Congress call for “justice for homeowners”

House GOP to Americans looking for jobs: ‘Gone Fishing. You’re on your own.’

Miller Statement on House Passage of Trade Deals

Statement on meeting with FHFA Acting Director DeMarco

Republican Labor-HHS Bill a Significant Step Backwards

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