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Hunt: “Highlighting the Role of Small Businesses in Domestic Energy Production”

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains is holding a hearing titled “Highlighting the Role of Small Businesses in Domestic Energy Production.” Subcommittee Chairman Wesley Hunt’s opening statement as prepared for delivery: The committee meets today to hear testimony about the vital role small businesses…

Meuser: “The End of Relationship Banking? Examining the CFPB’s ‘Small Business Lending Data Collection’ Rule”

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access is holding a full hearing titled “The End of Relationship Banking? Examining the CFPB’s ‘Small Business Lending Data Collection’ Rule.” Subcommittee Chairman Dan Meuser’s opening statement as prepared for delivery: Good morning, and welcome to today’s Subcommittee…

Committee on Small Business Activity: The Week of March 27th

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SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING – The House Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access will hold a hearing titled “The End of Relationship Banking? Examining The CFPB’s ‘Small Business Lending Data Collection’ Rule.” The purpose of this hearing is to highlight how the CFPB’s proposed rule will harm small financial institutions and small businesses. DATE…

Chairman Williams Launches Investigation into the SBA’s Community Navigator Pilot Program

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chairman Roger Williams (R-TX) issued the following statement after penning a letter to Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Guzman requesting information on the SBA’s Community Navigator Pilot Program. “The Small Business Administration’s Community Navigator Pilot Program is yet another example of an unnecessary, duplicative federal program,” said…

Chairman Williams: “Oversight of the Small Business Administration”

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Committee on Small Business is holding a full committee hearing to hear testimony from the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, the Honorable Isabella Guzman: “Oversight of the Small Business Administration.” Chairman Roger Williams’ opening statement as prepared for delivery: Good afternoon and welcome to today’s hearing which will…

Chairman Williams Leads Committee Hearing Conducting Oversight of the Small Business Administration

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chairman Roger Williams (R-TX) led a full Committee on Small Business hearing titled “Oversight of the Small Business Administration.” Chairman Williams issued the following statement after concluding today’s hearing. “As small businesses continue to weather high inflation, rising interest rates, broken supply chains, and prolonged labor shortage, the committee…

Letter to Administrator Guzman on the Community Navigator Program

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LETTER – The House Committee on Small Business wrote to Administrator Isabella Guzman of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to request a briefing on the SBA's Community Navigator Pilot Program and additional documents and information. March 23, 2023 Read the full letter here.  

Chairman Williams Introduces Bipartisan Legislation Supporting Career and Technical Education for Small Businesses

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chairman Roger Williams (R-TX) along with Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA), Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), and Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) issued the following statements after introducing the “Supporting Small Business and Career and Technical Education (CTE) Act.” “Starting a small business is a leap of faith,” said Chairman Williams. “This bipartisan piece of…

Committee on Small Business Activity: The Week of March 20th

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FULL COMMITTEE HEARING – The House Committee on Small Business will hold a hearing titled “Oversight of the Small Business Administration.” The purpose of this hearing is to thoroughly review the activities of the Small Business Administration. DATE AND TIME: Thursday, March 23, 2023. 2:00 PM LOCATION: 2360 Rayburn House Office Building WITNESS: The Honorable Isabella Casillas…

SMALL BUSINESS SNAPSHOT

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After another month of newly released economic data and surveys on the state of the country’s small businesses, one thing is abundantly clear: this economy is still not working for Main Street America. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) data released this month once again confirmed inflation continues to be stuck at unprecedentedly high levels, coming in at 6 percent. Equally concerning, core…