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Molly Moon’s CEO urges Congress to invest in childcare, warns tariffs and immigration actions threaten small businesses
Summary
Molly Moon Neitzel, founder and CEO of Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream, told the House Small Business panel that employer‑funded childcare stabilized her workforce and that proposed tariffs and mass immigration enforcement would raise costs and harm supply chains and labor availability for small businesses.
Molly Moon Neitzel, founder and CEO of Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream, told the House Committee on Small Business that on‑the‑ground workforce policies—not only tax and regulatory changes—shape small businesses’ ability to hire, retain and promote employees.
"At Molly Moon's, we invest $1,000 per month toward childcare for each employee's child, and the returns have been tremendous," Neitzel said, describing higher full‑time work and promotion rates among staff after her company began subsidizing childcare.
Neitzel warned that an escalating tariff…
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