Update: Hearings, Markups & Bills Introduced and a Vintage Joe Biden Moment: Deceptive Advertising of Abortion Services, Improve Data on Sexual Violence Act, Women-Owned Small Business Program
"Our Main Streets deserve policies that promote economic growth and security, not higher prices and fewer customers.” ... Chairwoman of the House Small Business Committee Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY)
Mark-Ups:
Appropriations — On Wednesday, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense will mark up the FY2020 Defense spending bill (as-yet-unnumbered).
Violence Against Women — The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee also will mark up the Improve Data on Sexual Violence Act (as-yet-unnumbered).
Editor's Note: Link below, Sen. Richard Burr and his family with former VP Joe Biden at the swearing in ceremony ... a vintage moment from C-Span, January 3, 2017.
Hearings:
On Thursday, the House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing, “Racial Disparities and Social Determinants in the Maternal Mortality Crisis.”
Small Business/Entrepreneurship — Also on Thursday, the House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure will hold a hearing, “Oversight of the Small Business Administration’s Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contracting Program:” The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, May 16, 2019 in Room 2360 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
The Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (NDAA) brought significant changes to the Women-Owned Small Business Program (WOSB Program). Specifically, it authorized the Small Business Administration (SBA) to implement sole-source authority; eliminate the possibility of businesses to self-certify eligibility to the WOSB Program and; allowed SBA to put in place a new certification process. In 2019, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a study discussing the extent to which these changes had been implemented and other oversight concerns that had been previously identified. The hearing will focus on GAO’s findings and SBA’s actions to address them.
Congresswoman and Chairwoman of the House Small Business Committee Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY, below) issued the following statement after China announced raising tariffs on $60 billion in US goods:
"[The] announcement by China is a dangerous consequence of this Administration’s inability to reach a trade deal and bring stability to our small businesses. If China’s tariffs are enacted, small businesses in farming, manufacturing and countless other industries will be the ones to foot the bill. Make no mistake, this is unnecessary pain to our communities."
“That’s why under my leadership, the Committee will continue to shed light on the dangerous consequences of this ongoing trade war to America’s small business sector. Our Main Streets deserve policies that promote economic growth and security, not higher prices and fewer customers.”
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