Government : Ernst Brings Voice of Iowa Small Businesses to Washington

Chair Ernst and Iowan Jerry Akers

Ernst, small business owners emphasize the need to make Trump tax cuts permanent.

During a joint hearing of the House Committee on Small Business and the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) questioned small business owners, including from Iowa, about how important it is for Congress to ensure Trump's tax cuts don't expire.

She spoke with Jerry Akers from Palo, Iowa on the impact of the punitive death tax and how renewing Trump's tax cuts will allow him to pass down his business to his daughters without taking on unnecessary loans.

Akers echoed Chair Ernst's remarks on how the expiration of Trump's tax cuts would slow the growth of small businesses and harm communities and employees.

Ernst, who has long advocated for the eradication of the death tax, detailed how Iowa families should not have to fear the loss of their livelihoods as they grieve a loved one.

Watch Chair Ernst's full questioning here.