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U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson Tours St. Clairsville Area Businesses

Tax reform and infrastructure improvements will be among U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson’s chief priorities when Congress goes back into session next month, he said during a visit Wednesday to Belmont County.

The St. Clairsville Area Chamber of Commerce hosted Johnson, R-Ohio, at a luncheon at Undo’s after he visited two St. Clairsville small businesses — The Snotty Pooch and Kelly’s Suite II.

“We’ve been in Belmont County today like we have been across our district talking to small businesses, talking to economic development agencies, talking to elected officials about how we’re going to create opportunities for people in this region of the country to achieve the American dream,” Johnson said, adding that Congress has made efforts toward regulatory reform, tax reform, infrastructure buildup and broadband internet access.

He also touched on the issues Congress will tackle in the immediate future.

“Tax reform and infrastructure are the two big things we’re going to be working on this fall,” he said. “What the American people are talking about, what the people that I see in our district are talking about, they want lower taxes. They want less Washington interference in their business operations, and those are the kinds of things we will continue to work on.”

In addition to reforming the tax code and providing for infrastructure, Johnson said Congress must pass a budget and fund the federal government by the end of September and will continue to press for meaningful health care reform.

Johnson also spoke about the importance of water, sewer and broadband internet access in the Ohio Valley.

“How is a region of our country supposed to thrive when businesses can’t come in there, because they can’t get access through the internet to their customers, their suppliers, employees and such? There’s lots of work to do,” he said.

Belmont County Commissioner J.P. Dutton was on hand at the luncheon and had positive things to say regarding the business that is getting done in Washington, D.C.

Johnson will return to Washington soon as Congress resumes its business on Sept. 5.

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