The House Small Business Committee will hold a hearing titled Beyond the Beltway: Successful State Strategies for Small Business Growth tomorrow, featuring CNBC's three of the top five states for business, announced today.  1) South Dakota 2) Texas 3) North Dakota 4) Nebraska 5) Virginia and Utah *tie* The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony from state officials on… Read more »

Wall Street Journal: Health-Insurance Costs Set for a Jolt For the Healthy, Rates Could Soar Under New Law; Sicker Consumers to See Relief. By LOUISE RADNOFSKY Healthy consumers could see insurance rates double or even triple when they look for individual coverage under the federal health law later this year, while the premiums paid by sicker people are set to become more affordable,… Read more »

Bloomberg BNA By Kendra Casey Plank (BNA) -- House Subcommittee Hearing on Mobile Medical Apps Key Point: Health IT vendors are not voluntarily adopting common interoperabilty standards. Chief Concern: Vendors are awaiting final guidance from FDA on mobile medical apps oversight. The health care technology industry is not lacking interoperability standards for health information and… Read more »

Subcommittee Chairman Collins Goes On the Record with Greta Van Susteren to Discuss Obamacare Delays   WASHINGTON, D.C.— Last night, Small Business Subcommittee on Health and Technology Chairman Chris Collins (R-NY) appeared on Fox News' "On the Record… Read more »

Health-Insurance Exchanges Are Falling Behind Schedule By Louise Radnofsky and Sarah E. Needleman June 19, 2013 Government officials have missed several deadlines in… Read more »

CQ: GAO Warns the Administration is Lagging in Progress on the Health Care Law By Emily Ethridge, June 19, 2013 The Obama administration is behind schedule on some key activities required to set up the federally-run individual and small business health insurance exchanges, the Government Accountability Office said in two reports issued Wednesday. The GAO said in both reports that the… Read more »

Insurers Not Rushing to SHOP Exchanges By Jason Millman June 12, 2013 Obamacare’s new insurance marketplaces for small businesses, which have already stumbled before getting out of the gate, are facing another pressing question just months before millions can sign up for benefits: What happens if insurers don’t show up to… Read more »

  While our country's small businesses continue to struggle to produce consistent job growth, the Keystone XL Pipeline would provide a needed boost to our economy. The pipeline will jumpstart… Read more »

Red Tape Record Breakers By Wall Street Journal May 19, 2013 President Obama is opposing a bill passed by the House last week that would require the Securities and Exchange Commission to better measure the costs and benefits of new regulations. That's no surprise considering that the latest annual index of federal rules shows that Team Obama is now the red tape record… Read more »

 Week Ahead for the Committee: May 20-24 Committee to to Hold Hearing on Challenges for Small Construction Contractors The House Small Business Committee, chaired by Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), today announced the schedule for the week of May 20, 2013: On Thursday, May 23rd, at 10:00 a.m., the Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce, under the chairmanship… Read more »