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Rep. Roger Williams says small businesses can weather Mideast tensions, opposes limiting presidential war powers
Summary
Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, told a television interviewer that recent tax and regulatory changes help Main Street businesses absorb short-term shocks from Mideast tensions and said he opposes a House move to limit presidential war powers while operations are under way. He expressed sympathy for U.S. service members killed in the conflict and called the situation "day by day."
Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, said Thursday that Main Street small businesses are positioned to “deal with” short-term economic shocks from the conflict in the Middle East because of recent tax and regulatory changes.
"They want is to not have to worry about somebody threaten us every single day — 'death to Israel, death to America,'" Williams said, arguing that measures such as lower taxes and accelerated depreciation enacted last year help…
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