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  • Schweikert Subcommittee Explores Innovative Ideas for Raising Capital and the Role Washington Plays in Fostering Access to Credit
    Jun 6, 2013 - The House Small Business Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight and Regulations, under the chairmanship of Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ), today held a hearing to review several innovative financing options, determine how those methods are meeting entrepreneurs’ needs, and discuss what Washington c... More
  • Hearing on SBA Budget Exposes Questionable Spending Priorities
    Apr 24, 2013 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Small Business Committee, led by Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), today held a hearing to address the budgetary situation of the Small Business Administration (SBA) for the rest of this fiscal year and fiscal year 2014. The lone witness at the hearing was SBA Administrator Ka... More
  • Schweikert Subcommittee Questions SEC on ‘JOBS’ Act Rules Delay
    Apr 11, 2013 - House Small Business Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight and Regulations Chairman David Schweikert (R-AZ) today led the 113th Congress’ first hearing on the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. This hearing focused specifically on the sluggish implementation of ‘JOBS’ Act rule promulgat... More
  • Graves Statement on the SBIC Modernization Act of 2012
    Dec 18, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement on House consideration of the Small Business Investment Company Modernization Act of 2012 (H.R. 6504): “Access to capital continues to be a challenge for many small businesses around the nation who want to... More
  • Coffman Subcommittee Holds Hearing on SBA Lending with Banking Partners
    Jun 21, 2012 - House Small Business Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight, and Regulations, under the Chairmanship of Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO), today held a hearing with financial institutions about small business access to capital and the lenders' experience with the SBA’s financial assistance programs. This ... More
  • Committee Questions SBA Administrator Karen Mills on Lending Oversight
    Jun 6, 2012 - The House Small Business Committee, led by Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), today held a hearing to examine the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) management of its capital access programs with a special focus on the ad hoc procedures used to manage those operations. At this hearing, Members of the Co... More
  • Chairman Graves in CNBC: What Small Business Is the Next Facebook?
    May 17, 2012 - What Small Business Is the Next Facebook? By Chairman Sam Graves As the financial markets anticipate the initial public offering of social networking megasite Facebook this week, let us take a step back to admire this success story and the entrepreneurial free market system overall. The Facebook IP... More
  • Chairman Graves in FoxNews.com: Access To Capital Is Still A Major Challenge For Small Business
    Apr 23, 2012 - In Case You Missed It.... Access To Capital Is Still A Major Challenge For Small Business By Chairman Graves Having grown up on a family farm, I am all too familiar with the effects a drought can have on a crop. Today’s small business owners are facing a drought of a different type – a dearth of ca... More
  • Subcommittee Examines Regulatory Environment For Equity Finance
    Apr 19, 2012 - House Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access today held a hearing to examine the current regulatory environment for equity finance and ways to strengthen the ecosystem. Equity financing is a funding method where a business owner sells a percentage of their company in ... More
  • Graves Statement on the Senate-Amended JOBS Act Vote in the House
    Mar 27, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement on the bipartisan Senate-amended Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012: “This JOBS Act is further proof that both parties can work together to accomplish some good for this nation and our smal... More

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