Mike Rogers: “Small business folks that I represent when I was in Congress…”

“And the idea that they can start a business if they want, they can do anything they want, they can be their own person doing their own thing in their own way is at risk. And so if you look at the Small business folks that I represent when I was in Congress and all over the state of Michigan, they are under duress. Taxes, regulation, input costs, all of that is pressuring these companies in a way that we just haven't seen before.” (00:43–00:50)

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