Chris Pappas: “we are talking about common sense things here. Just a few months ago, many of my friends here know, in fact, everyone…”

“we are talking about common sense things here. Just a few months ago, many of my friends here know, in fact, everyone here, save for two, are cosponsors of the bill that I introduced dealing with the home office deduction. And they know who they are. I am very happy to see that in the new bill that the Committee on Ways and Means has been bringing forward includes, maybe not the exact language, but the concept of the home office deduction is included. So many individuals in our country are starting home-based businesses. Some people are employed in a corporation or maybe another small business. Yet on their own time they are putting their energy, their creativity to work, which is truly a part of the American entrepreneurial spirit in starting a home-based business. I am excited about the support that that has really across the country from all walks of life. Seventy percent of the new home-based businesses or small businesses that are started are started by women. And as my colleagues know, there are many single-parent families that are headed by women. And being able to have the home-based business with the deductions that other home-based businesses have had, I think, is fair.”