NFIB Backs Daines for U.S. Senate

Date: October 14, 2014

HELENA, Mont., Oct. 14, 2014—America and Montana’s voice of small business today endorsed Steve Daines for the U.S. Senate.
“Steve Daines’ pro-small-business record in the U.S. House, combined with his three decades of entrepreneurial experience, would have made him our choice against almost anyone,” said Riley Johnson, Montana state director for the National Federation of Independent Business. His work ethic is a model for others. He’s always back in the state during Congressional breaks, rolling up his sleeves and serving the people, and his staff has been very accessible and attentive to small business’ needs.”
Added Lisa Goeas, NFIB vice president for political and grassroots, “During his time in the U.S. House, Steve Daines has worked to reduce the federal debt, rein in government spending, and have the federal government live within its means, just like every small-business owner. That is the type of leadership the U.S. Senate desperately needs.”
The endorsement for Daines was made by NFIB’s SAFE (Save America’s Free Enterprise) Trust. NFIB has 6,000 dues-paying members in Montana. “Small businesses significantly impact Montana’s economy,” reports the Office of Advocacy at the U.S. Small Business Administration. “They represent 97.5 percent of all employers and employ 68.4 percent of the private-sector labor force. Small businesses are crucial to the fiscal condition of the state and numbered 114,214 in 2010. Most of Montana’s small businesses have fewer than 20 employees.”
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For more than 70 years, the National Federation of Independent Business has been the Voice of Small Business, taking the message from Main Street to the halls of Congress and all 50 state legislatures. NFIB annually surveys its members on state and federal issues vital to their survival as America’s economic engine and biggest creator of jobs. NFIB’s educational mission is to remind policymakers that small businesses are not smaller versions of bigger businesses; they have very different challenges and priorities.
National Federation of Independent Business/Montana
491 South Park Ave.
Helena, MT 59601
406-443-3797

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