Next Week at Small Business:  "Tangled in Red Tape" and Contracting II and III WASHINGTON—The Small Business Committee will hold the following hearings during the week of March 16, 2015. Full Committee Hearing Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. 2360 Rayburn House Office Building Tangled in Red Tape: New Challenges for Small Manufacturers On… Read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY: *Revised Schedule* This Week at Small Business WASHINGTON -  The Small Business Committee will hold the following hearings this week: ​Full Committee Hearing​ *TODAY* Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. 2360 Rayburn House Office Building Building an Opportunity Economy: State of Small Business and… Read more »

Opening Statement Chairman Steve Chabot Small Business Committee Hearing Building an Opportunity Economy: The State of Small Business and Entrepreneurship 3/4/2015   Good morning.  This hearing will come to order.  Thank you all for joining us. Today, we are here to examine the state of small business. For the Members here, it’s not the first or last time we’ll have… Read more »

    An Opportunity Economy Starts with Small Business Small businesses are failing faster than they're starting up. Here's why that needs to change--and what we can do to make it happen. By Rep. Steve Chabot Running a small business is a tough job. As any entrepreneur… Read more »

Washington Post: Meet Congress’s new small business leaders  Rep. Steve Chabot can empathize with small business owners. Before launching his political career – and between his two stints in Congress – the Ohio Republican and seasoned attorney owned and ran his own law practice in Cincinnati. “We were a small storefront law office, and we had to deal with all the things that come… Read more »

Chairman Chabot Opening Statement Full Committee Hearing: Contracting and the Industrial Base Prepared for Delivery WASHINGTON -- Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) opened today's full committee hearing on Contracting and the Industrial Base with the following statement: "Good morning. I call this hearing to order.  I’m happy to be here today, as this… Read more »

 On Monday, Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) hosted Small Business Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet on a walking tour of Cincinnati to meet with local small businesses.    Chabot and the Administrator visited businesses in the Over-the-Rhine community, met with startups at the Brandery, a local business… Read more »

Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot speaking in favor of his bill to craft smarter, less burdensome regulations during its markup at the Judiciary Committee.  More than 150 small business and citizen groups support H.R. 527. Read their letter of support!  Read more »

Small Business and Politics: How Did Graves Do? By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG, AP Business Writer Small companies were still reeling from the recession in 2011 when Sam Graves became chairman of the House Small Business Committee. As the Missouri Republican prepares to leave his post, small business has a higher profile, partly because of the committee's legislation on issues like federal… Read more »

Congressional Quarterly: Graves: SBA Rule Change Would Hurt Small Businesses November 19, 2014 By Shawn Zeller House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves and the Small Business Administration are quarreling again over a new administration move to increase the size of firms eligible for government contracts set aside for small companies.   Graves, R-Mo., wrote this month… Read more »