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Wide of Senators, small business representatives               2....\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eRESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY\u003cbr/\u003e              SHOTLIST:\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY\u003cbr/\u003e              Washington - 28 November 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Wide of Senators, small business representatives \u003cbr/\u003e              2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Every small business group I can think of is on board for this comprehensive tax reform that we hope to clear the Senate this week. So we're excited about this opportunity, it's been 30 years since the tax code was dealt with in such a comprehensive way to try to reform that code and make America more competitive. We don't want to leave small businesses behind.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              3. Wide of event \u003cbr/\u003e              4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. John Cornyn, (R) Texas: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Our goals, as we said at the outset, were to simplify the tax code, to give people more take home pay so they can save, they can spend it on their family, invest in their retirement or college education for their kids. And we also need to make America more competitive globally, so that companies don't feel the need to invest their money overseas.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Wide of event\u003cbr/\u003e              6. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Jim Risch, (R) Idaho, Chairman, Committee on Small Business \u0026 Entrepreneurship:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Those of us in the Senate who are working on this are committed to get this bill through. We're committed to do the kinds of things that will create jobs, that will improve the lives of Americans. And these are the people that are going to make this happen here.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              7. Wide of event\u003cbr/\u003e              8. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Joni Ernst, (R) Iowa: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"They are the backbone of our communities. And rather than a tax code that is discouraging for them and discourages entrepreneurship through the high marginal tax rates and an unreasonable compliance burden, we need to really empower our small businesses to grow and create those jobs in our very own communities.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              9. Wide of event\u003cbr/\u003e              10. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda McMahon, Administrator of the Small Business Administration: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"And if you really want to know what small businesses are thinking, what they want, get out there and talk to them. Let them tell you, they'll tell you exactly what they need, what their issues are. And without doubt, one of the top issues with every one of these small businesses is tax reform. But they really talk more about tax cuts. And to a business that I have spoken to, they have told me that if they have tax cuts, if they have certainty in the tax program, if they can get it done and get it as part of their planning process, they will reinvest that money, those tax cuts back in their businesses.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              11. Wide of event\u003cbr/\u003e              12. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda McMahon, Administrator of the Small Business Administration: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Taxes are choking many of the small businesses, they don't know how to plan. They'll hire more people, they'll raise their wages, they'll reinvest in their businesses. That's what they're telling me consistently across the country, so fingers crossed, they want to see tax cuts. And that's what we're hoping to deliver to them.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              13. Event ending \u003cbr/\u003e              STORYLINE: \u003cbr/\u003e              Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Republican tax bill was good for small business owners. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Every small business that I can think of is on board for this comprehensive tax reform,\" he said. \u003cbr/\u003e              He was joined by other Senate Republicans and a handful of small business representatives. \u003cbr/\u003e              Linda McMahon, administrator of the Small Business Administration, said \"taxes are choking many of the small businesses.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Fingers crossed, they want to see tax cuts and that's what we're hoping to deliver to them,\" she said. \u003cbr/\u003e              But the GOP senators understand they still have a way to go to secure the votes.\u003cbr/\u003e              Among the holdouts are deficit hawks who worry that tax cuts for businesses and individuals would add to the nation's mounting $20 trillion debt, small business advocates who say the bill doesn't cut those companies' taxes enough, and others with reservations.\u003cbr/\u003e              That means Trump and the GOP leaders have to balance competing demands. While some resistant senators fear the package's debt consequences, others want more generous tax breaks for smaller businesses.\u003cbr/\u003e              The overall tax package blends a sharp reduction in top corporate and business tax rates with more modest relief for individuals.\u003cbr/\u003e              ===========================================================\u003cbr/\u003e              Clients are reminded: \u003cbr/\u003e              (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: info@aparchive.com\u003cbr/\u003e              (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service \u003cbr/\u003e              (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any 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