: Businesses say labor shortage is hurting sales, expansion and the U.S. economy

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Small-business owner Christine Lantinen says she has 200 employees and needs 100 more — but she can’t find them.

“My business faces a dire shortage of workers,” she said on Wednesday at a U.S. House hearing on labor and supply-chain bottlenecks in the economy.

As a result, Lantinen has had to postpone expansion plans for her rapidly growing…