Washington, D.C. – At a Joint Economic Committee Hearing entitled, “The Decline of Economic Opportunity in the United States: Causes and Consequences,” Congressman Erik Paulsen (MN-03) discussed what can be done to grow the economy and create more jobs and economic opportunities for individuals, families, and small-business owners. Additionally, Paulsen’s Empowering Employees through Stock Ownership Act received recognition and praise for helping in those areas. This initiative promotes employee ownership at startup companies by helping employees keep ownership interest and utilize all options offered to them when accepting a job at a startup company. For more information on the hearing, click here.

Congressman Paulsen, a champion of small business and advocate of free enterprise, entrepreneurship, and innovation, serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, the bicameral Joint Economic Committee, and is co-chair of the Congressional Medical Technology Caucus.

For more information on Congressman Paulsen’s work in Congress visit paulsen.house.gov. 

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