Support the needs of local businesses.

support the needs of our community's businesses

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Joe Morelle for Congress
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Rep. Morelle is a former small business owner and says he has worked to grow our economy throughout his career.

Establishes that Morelle has a background in small business and frames economic growth as part of his public record, but does not by itself prove fulfillment of the promise.

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Biography | Representative Morelle
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The House of Representatives has taken historic action to protect small businesses through unprecedented legislation and relief programs. The page also lists Morelle actions including a grant to establish a local Women's Business Center, legislation to protect America's manufacturers, and legislation to protect small businesses from future impacts of flooding.

Official House issue page shows Morelle has repeatedly centered small-business aid in his congressional work and points to concrete assistance and proposals aimed at local businesses.

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Small Business & Non-Profit Relief | Representative Morelle
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Congressman Joe Morelle announced federal funding has been allocated through the Small Business Administration to begin a Women's Business Center in Rochester that will provide aid and support to local women entrepreneurs.

This is concrete federal support for local entrepreneurs and a direct example of advancing local-business capacity in Morelle's district.

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Congressman Morelle Announces Grant to Establish Local Women’s Business Center
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Sponsor: Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] (Introduced 09/24/2021). This bill makes permanent the allowance for depreciation, amortization, or depletion for purposes of determining the income limitation on the tax deduction for business interest.

Morelle introduced legislation aimed at improving conditions for manufacturers and businesses; the bill was introduced but not enacted, so it shows effort rather than fulfillment.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.5371 - Permanently Preserving America’s Investment in Manufacturing Act
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Sponsor: Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] (Introduced 04/27/2023). This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 a pre-disaster mitigation program, administered by the Small Business Administration, for disbursing economic injury disaster loans to small businesses.

Morelle advanced a concrete small-business relief bill, but it was only introduced and referred to committee, so it supports effort more than completed delivery.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.2966 - PREPARE Act
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Morelle introduced legislation to guarantee consumers and small businesses a right to repair their own products by requiring manufacturers to make diagnostic repair information, parts, and tools readily available.

This is a clear pro-small-business policy action because it would help local repair businesses and small owners reduce costs, but it remained an introduced bill rather than enacted law.

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Congressman Joe Morelle Introduces the Fair Repair Act
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