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Orgill will welcome members of the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means to its Innovation Center in Collierville, Tennessee, on Tuesday, Oct. 6, for a field hearing focused on the impact of recent tax legislation on small businesses, manufacturers and working families.
The hearing, announced by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08), will provide committee members with an opportunity to hear directly from businesses about how provisions included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are affecting investment, growth and employees, as well as the challenges businesses continue to face.
“We are honored to welcome Chairman Smith, Congressman Kustoff, members of the Ways and Means Committee and their staff to Orgill, Collierville and the Memphis area,” says Boyden Moore, Orgill president and CEO. “Independent businesses play a vital role in communities throughout this country, and we appreciate the committee taking the time to hear directly from the businesses that support and serve those communities.”
Moore will provide committee members with perspectives from both Orgill and the thousands of independent hardware stores, home centers and lumberyards the company serves. Orgill serves more than 13,500 retail locations in all 50 states and approximately 60 countries. About 60% of Orgill’s customers are single-store operators, many of which are family-owned businesses.
Moore also brings a personal perspective on independent business to the discussion, having grown up in a small-business family in Alabama and previously serving as president of Marvin’s Building Materials and Home Centers, a family-owned chain of home improvement stores, before becoming Orgill’s president and CEO.
During the hearing, Moore plans to discuss the impact recent tax provisions have had on Orgill’s ability to invest in its operations, technology and customers. In 2025 alone, provisions allowing accelerated depreciation and the immediate expensing of software development costs generated significant tax benefits for the company.
“Those benefits didn’t just strengthen our cash flow; they supported continued investment in our business and provided us with greater opportunities to better serve our customers,” Moore says.
Moore will also highlight how provisions within the legislation can benefit independent retailers by strengthening cash flow and encouraging investment in equipment, technology and their workforces. He will discuss how tax provisions affecting business owners and employees can help independent businesses reinvest, grow and remain competitive.
“There is no doubt that many of the provisions included in this legislation have been helpful to Orgill and our customers,” Moore says. “At the same time, we recognize there is more work to be done to support small businesses and ensure they can continue to survive, compete and succeed for generations to come.”
The hearing will take place inside Orgill’s 550,000-square-foot Innovation Center, which opened in 2025. The first of-its-kind facility provides a hands-on environment where independent retailers can explore products, store concepts, merchandising strategies, technology and other solutions designed to help them strengthen their businesses.
“Hosting this discussion inside an Innovation Center dedicated to helping independent businesses become stronger and more successful is particularly fitting,” Moore says. “We hope these recent legislative changes represent the beginning of even more positive work ahead on behalf of America’s small businesses and the companies, communities and people who support them.”
The House Ways and Means Committee field hearing will begin at 9 a.m. CT on Tuesday, Oct. 6. The hearing will also be livestreamed through the committee’s YouTube channel.
