The third measure the coalition is targeting was first proposed by the Treasury last year, but it was skewered by the then-Republican-controlled House Small Business Committee.
Rep. Steve Chabot of Ohio, Velazquez's Republican counterpart on the House Small Business Committee, derides the report as a "political document" that "does little to move us forward on important issues" such as tax relief and access to affordable health care.
To give us a taste of what changes to expect (if any), we tapped Small Business Committee members from both sides of the aisle: Freshman Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, chair of the Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology, and Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, the ranking member of the House Small Business Committee.
Known as an expert in the Service Disabled Veterans Small Business Program under Public Laws 106-50, 108-93, and other related Laws, Mr. Gatewood provides testimony to the House Small Business Committee, sits on a number of small business and advocacy councils, and serves as a small business advocate while participating in a variety of small business forums.
Three female committee chairwomen will also be losing their powerful perches: Rep. Louise Slaughter at the House Rules Committee, Rep. Nydia Velazquez at the Small Business Committee and Rep. Zoe Lofgren at the House Ethics Committee.
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According to the report, issued Wednesday by House Committee on Small Business Chairwoman Nydia Velazquez, D-N.
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Figures compiled by the House Committee show that funding reductions for small business programs have risen dramatically since at least FY2004, when just over 20% of the programs were eliminated or downsized.
Today the House Ways and Means Committee issued proposals and ideas for reforming small business.
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That may have something to do with the fact that reportedly no impecunious inventors, small business entrepreneurs or venture capitalists have been asked to testify by the Senate and House Judiciary Committee chairmen, Democratic Sen.
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Granted, the news from the Democratic side of the House Committee has a strong partisan bent, but the increasing trend in cuts for small business programs in recent years is alarming, given the president's unabashed support for the little guy.
R. 6119 is the House companion to S. 3222, introduced by Chairwoman Mary L. Landreiu of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
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