Security and Health Officials Offer H1N1 Prevention Guidance To Small Businesses

Small Business Administrator Karen Mills explains how new guidebook will assist small businesses in taking appropriate steps to prepare for H1N1 outbreaks by providing information regarding telecommuting and hygiene protocol. (0:35)
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Small Business Owner Says She'd Prefer To Provide Private Insurance For Employees

Maureen O 'Conner, owner of Center Sheet Metal in Bronx, NY., says she would rather pay for her employees to have private health care coverage than have the government provide coverage for them. (0:23)


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Help Small Businesses, Don't Tax Them Says Businessman

Steve Rosenfield, owner of By The Rockies LLC., says he'd like to see the atmosphere in Washington D.C. reflect support for small business owners. He says no to new taxes on small businesses. (0:27)


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Health Care Legislation Must Extend To Businesses, Says Sen. Snowe

Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) discusses crafting health care legislation that Congress will pass, and says small businesses must be apart of the health care legislation. (0:19)
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Policymakers must also focus on the small business sector during credit crunch

David Schroeder, president of the American Enterprise Bank, speaking on behalf of the Independent Community Bankers Association, says that “policymakers must also focus on the needs of the small business sector during this economic slowdown.” He says Small Business Administration (SBA) loan programs should “bolster small business credit in economic slowdowns,” but instead the number of SBA loans being made is plummeting. (0:26)
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Credit becoming harder to access, and more expensive, for small business

Chairwoman Melissa L. Bean (D-Ill.) of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Finance and Tax says that as banks and other institutions struggle, they are pulling back on lending, which makes credit harder to access for small business. She quotes a survey that says one-third of small business owners find credit more costly, less available, or both. (0:46)
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Bush says the economy had a “good run”

While speaking to the America’s Small Business Summit President George W. Bush says the economy had 52 months of uninterrupted job growth, and has now slowed down. He thanked Congress and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for working on a pro-growth stimulus package. (0:46)
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Bush speaks to small business owners and says they will lead the way in the economy’s recovery

President George W. Bush says economic advisers say much the impact of a pro-growth stimulus package will be felt beginning in July. He says there should be “no doubt in anyone’s mind” that America’s economy will “bounce back strong” and that small businesses will lead the way. (0:31)
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Bush says tax relief should be made permanent

While speaking to the America’s Small Business Summit President George W. Bush says that the “last thing small business owners need” is higher taxes. He says that he believes there should be certainty in the tax codes and that Congress should make “the tax relief we passed permanent.” (0:54)
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