Troubled Skies: The Aviation Workforce Shortage's Impact on Small Business
Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce
Subcommittee Chairman Steve Knight (R-CA)
September 26, 2018 - 10 AM - Rayburn 2360

This hearing will examine the pilot and mechanic shortage in the aviation industry, in the context of small businesses. The hearing will allow the Subcommittee to receive testimony on the negative effects of this aviation workforce shortage on small businesses across the country and identify potential solutions that may help reverse this decline.

Witnesses
Mr. Brett Levanto
Vice President of Communications
Aeronautical Repair Station Association 
Alexandria, VA

Mr. Martin Lenss
Airport Director
The Eastern Iowa Airport
Cedar Rapids, IA

Ms. Sarah Oberman Bartush
Chief Marketing Officer & Director of Business Development
CI Jets
Camarillo, CA

Mr. Kenneth Witcher, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Aeronautics
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Daytona Beach, FL
*Testifying on behalf of the Aerospace Industries Association


The Local Impact of Economic Growth
Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access
Subcommittee Chairman Dave Brat (R-VA)
September 27, 2018 - 10 AM - Rayburn 2360

This hearing will examine how the recent economic expansion is affecting minority-owned small businesses. It will have a particular focus on how regulatory and tax changes have renewed small business optimism and benefited small business owners. 

Witnesses
Mr. Larry Lopez
President
Green JobWorks LLC
Baltimore, MD
*Testifying on behalf of Associated Builders and Contractors

Mr. Mansour Azimipour
President
A&K Development Corporation
Locust Grove, VA

Ms. Brenda Jones Barwick
President and CEO
Jones Public Relations
Oklahoma City, OK
*Testifying on behalf of Women Impacting Public Policy

Ms. Valarie J. Cofield
President and CEO
Eastern Minority Supplier Development Council
Philadelphia, PA