Jobs & Economy
As a former small business owner, I know how tough it can be to ride the waves the economy sends our way. The pandemic sent a tide that reverberated throughout the entire country, and Washington policies have made life harder, not better, for American businesses and workers.
My priority as your Representative is to identify solutions that will get Americans back to work and create lasting benefits to U.S. economic competitiveness. This includes cutting down regulatory red tape that burdens businesses and pushing back against mandates and policies that would eliminate worker freedom and impose a federal minimum wage on small businesses.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05), Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32), Congressman Juan Vargas (CA-52), and Congresswoman Young Kim (CA-39) co-introduced the
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) introduced the Performance over Politics Act to protect retail investors from repeat ESG proposals from activist shareholders of publicly traded companies.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court of the United States released its decision to stay the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate for businesses with over 100 employees.
WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, Congressman Fitzgerald joined 178 of his Senate and U.S. House of Representatives Republican colleagues in filing an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in opposition to the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate requiring private employers with over 100 employees to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine or weekly testing.
WASHINGTON, DC – This month, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) co-introduced legislation to prohibit the Small Business Administration (SBA) from directly making loans under the 7(a) loan program alongside Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) and all of his Republican Small Business Committee colleagues.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement after Democrats voted to take the first step in passing their multi-trillion-dollar budget reconciliation and passed their partisan infrastructure bill which spends only a fraction of funds on fixing roads, bridges, and major projects that the American people generally consider
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement after President Biden finalized the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) mandate to require businesses with over 100 employees to vaccinate their workforce, submit employees to regular COVID-19 testing, or fire them.
President Biden promised Americans that he would defeat COVID-19 and help our economy move past the pandemic, but his approach has left much to be desired. Up until now, the President’s solution has been to throw trillions of taxpayer dollars at any COVID-related problem he encounters. His newest approach though is the boldest thus far.