The Committee on Small Business will meet for a hearing titled, “Now Hiring: How the Opioid Epidemic Affects Small Businesses.”  The hearing is scheduled to begin at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, September 13, 2018 in Room 2360 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

The hearing will explore the effects of the opioid crisis on small businesses.  Specifically, the hearing will examine the decline in the labor force participation rate due to the epidemic and the challenges that small businesses experience in finding qualified workers as a result. 

Attachments
1. Hearing Notice
2. Witness List
3. Hearing Memo 
4. Opening Statement 

Witnesses
Mr. Ben Gitis
Director of Labor Market Policy
American Action Forum
Washington, DC
Testimony
Disclosure 

Ms. Katie Van Dyke
Director
Ohio Small Business Development Center
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, OH
*Testifying on behalf of America’s SBDC
Testimony
Disclosure

Ms. Lisa Allen
President & CEO
Ziegenfelder Company
Wheeling, WV
Testimony
Disclosure