WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Small Business Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) praised the White House’s decision to nominate Hannibal “Mike” Ware to serve as the Small Business Administration (SBA) Inspector General: “Acting Inspector General Mike Ware has testified before the Committee several times this year, each time proving that he is a great choice for this position. He has been straightforward and gives the Committee confidence that the SBA OIG will continue to conduct thorough overs...
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WASHINGTON—Yesterday, Members of the House Small Business Committee heard from a panel of government officials on how federal agencies are reducing paperwork burdens on small businesses and agency compliance issues with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). “Even though the PRA is supposed to reduce paperwork burdens, small businesses are still faced with an overwhelming amount of paperwork requirements each day,” said Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH). “In fact, paperwork requirements are costing Ameri...
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WASHINGTON—Today, Members of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Health and Technology heard from a panel of women experienced in the challenges women entrepreneurs face in today’s economy, as well as the available resources to support women-owned small businesses. “While women entrepreneurs face many challenges, one major issue women owners face is access to adequate financing opportunities. Men typically launch their businesses with twice the capital women do, and less than 10 percent of ...
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WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Small Business Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) released the following statement on President Trump’s Executive Order on Healthcare. “I applaud President Trump’s actions today in taking the first step to help 35 million workers employed by small businesses exercise greater control over their healthcare decisions. Hopefully, this Administration continues to keep small businesses at the forefront of this conversation,” said Chairman Chabot. “The Executive Order mak...
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WASHINGTON – Today, the House passed H.R. 2763, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Improvements Act, introduced by House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce Chairman Steve Knight (R-CA). Specifically, H.R. 2763 insists on greater agency accountability, including several hard reporting deadlines for participating agencies and for the Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide future Congresses with better informatio...
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WASHINGTON – House Committee on Small Business Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) released the following statement after the President nominated David Christian Tryon, a fellow Ohioan, as Chief Counsel for Advocacy at the Small Business Administration (SBA): “As the Administration and Congress continue to work together to relieve the regulatory burden on small businesses, it is critical that the SBA Office of Advocacy has someone at its helm to be the independent voice for small businesses within the ...
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WASHINGTON—Today, Members of the House Small Business Committee Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy, and Trade heard from a panel of agricultural technology (agtech) and agribusiness professionals on the rapid development of agtech driven by the private sector. “Private sector participation in agtech research and development has surged in recent years. However, the most important stakeholders in any discussion of agtech are the farmers themselves. Small and family farmers cannot risk their time ...
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WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Small Business Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) released the following statement after the House passed H. Con. Res. 71, the fiscal year 2018 budget resolution. “Today’s vote puts us one big step closer to a tax reform plan that will help our small businesses grow and create new jobs. Again and again we hear how the burdensome tax code impedes their ability to expand. But the resolution passed today, which includes reconciliation language, will allow us to move...
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WASHINGTON – House Committee on Small Business Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) released the following statement today after the Committee on Education and the Workforce marked up and passed out of Committee H.R. 3441, the "Save Local Business Act," of which he is an original co-sponsor: “I’m encouraged by the progress of this important bill. As I’ve mentioned before, small businesses have been hurting under this rule for more than two years. It created unnecessary confusion and burdensome challenge...
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WASHINGTON—Today, Members of the House Small Business Committee heard from a panel of witnesses representing all sectors of small business on a key issue facing not only America’s 29 million small businesses, but also Congressional leaders—tax reform. “As the discussions surrounding tax reform echo in the Capitol, it is paramount that part of the conversation involves the job creators themselves – the startups; the entrepreneurs; and the small businesses that transform Main Streets across Americ...
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