Issue Position: Making RI "Business Friendly"

Issue Position

Bob prioritizes making Rhode Island a "business-friendly" state. As a result of the House leadership change, Bob was named Chair of the House Committee on Municipal Government. This put him in the best position to improve how municipalities function and personally oversee their power to tax and regulate. While the legislature was recently able to lower the corporate tax rate from 9% to 7% -- the lowest corporate tax rate in New England -- with hopes of bringing jobs to Rhode Island and strengthening our economy, more work needs to be done to bring businesses here. Next term will be his first full term as chair. He intends on eliminating bureaucratic "red tape" so that small businesses and citizens alike can work with the cities and towns without getting the proverbial "runaround." We need a comprehensive review of municipal regulations, taxes, and fees imposed by local governments. Our government should be encouraging small business, not hampering it.

Rep. Craven and Speaker Mattiello meet with the owners of Wilson's of Wickford. The new House leadership is focused on jobs, the economy, and small businesses in Rhode Island.

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