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SOLON, OH (WOIO) –

Speaking at Solon’s Wrap Tite, Inc., Vice President Biden and Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills urged Congress to pass the American Jobs Act.

The American Jobs Act is an important step to help small businesses in Ohio and across the country continue to grow and hire more workers. Vice President Biden and Administrator Mills also announced commitments by 13 private lenders, including many of the largest banks in the country, to increase lending for small businesses by a combined $20 billion over the next three years.

Thanks to a recent $1.5 million SBA-supported loan, Wrap Tite – a manufacturer and distributer of stretch wrap and other packing and shipping products – was able to purchase and renovate a new facility in Solon and hire five new workers. The new small business lending commitments announced today, which represent an increase of 10% or more beyond the current levels of lending at many of the participating banks, mean more small businesses like Wrap Tite will have access to the capital they need to help grow the nation’s economy at the local level.

“Small businesses like Wrap Tite are the real engines of our economy, which is why Congress should cut their taxes and put money back in the pockets of their customers by passing the American Jobs Act right away,” Vice President Biden said. “The only way we’re going to turn the vicious economic cycle we’ve been in into a virtuous one is by cutting taxes on our small businesses and making sure they can get the loans they need to grow and hire more workers.”

“We know that many small businesses, particularly in traditionally underserved communities, still face challenges in accessing the capital they need to buy inventory, take on that next new order and hire new workers,” Administrator Mills said. “These commitments by our lending partners leverage both commercial and government programs that work and will provide billions of capital to help small businesses all across the country grow and create jobs, and drive local economic growth.”

http://www.19actionnews.com/story/15502970/vice-president-biden-to-discuss-the-importance-of-the-american-jobs-act

Article Courtesy of WOIO 19 Action News

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