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  • Hanna Subcommittee Examines Federal Contracting Challenges for Small Construction Firms
    May 23, 2013 - The House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce, under the chairmanship of Rep. Richard Hanna (R-NY), today held a hearing exposing problems faced by small construction, architecture and engineering firms who wish to do business with the federal government, and exploring potential... More
  • Committee Investigation Finds More Than One Thousand Small Business Contractors Weren’t Fully Paid
    May 16, 2013 - House Small Business Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced that a year-long investigation into a federal contracting program has uncovered that the government owes more than one thousand small businesses millions of dollars. “Contracting with small businesses is good for the economy and it’s go... 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
  • Graves Challenges Agencies On The Role Of Small Business Advocates
    Apr 16, 2013 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today wrote to 35 federal agencies challenging them to comply with the Small Business Act’s recently amended statute, requiring that agency Offices of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) remain a dedicated resource to help sm... More
  • Washington Post: Obama signs legislation to deliver more government contracts to small businesses
    Jan 4, 2013 - Obama signs legislation to deliver more government contracts to small businesses By J.D. Harrison, Washington Post Washington’s elected officials are taking new steps to direct more government work to small businesses, just as contractors are bracing for massive spending cuts in the face of sequest... More
  • Small Business Contracting Reform Signed Into Law
    Jan 3, 2013 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today released the following statement on the President signing into law the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 (NDAA), which includes contracting reform legislation reported by the House Small Business Committee: “Today marks the cul... More
  • Sequestration Will Slash Nearly a Million Small Business Jobs
    Sep 20, 2012 - The Small Business Committee today held a hearing on the effects of sequestration on small business contractors and the industrial base. The hearing’s testimony included new data that shows that of the 2.14 million jobs at risk, 956,000 small business jobs will most likely be cut as a result of sequ... More
  • Graves Announces Hearing on the Effect of Sequestration on Small Business
    Sep 13, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing on the impact of sequestration on small business federal contractors. The hearing, titled, Sequestration: The Threat to Small Businesses, Jobs, and the Industrial Base, is scheduled to be... More
  • Chairman Graves: June Jobs Report "Not Enough"
    Jul 6, 2012 - House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor reported that 80,000 jobs were created in June while the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 8.2 percent: “Month after month of weak job growth is just not enough. Th... More
  • Mulvaney Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Competitive Reforms in Federal Prison Contracting
    Jun 28, 2012 - The Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce, under the direction of Chairman Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), today held a hearing examining the effects of current federal prison contracting on small business competition, and exploring the legislative solutions proposed in the Federal Prison I... More

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