WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Committee on Small Business Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) and Vice Ranking Member Roger Williams (TX-25) released the following statements on the SBA's disastrous Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) rollout. As of yesterday, only 90 grants had been awarded by the SBA out of over 14,000 applications submitted. The Committee has gone months without answ... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure is holding a hybrid hearing titled “Utilization of Small Contractors in the Infrastructure Plan.” Subcommittee Ranking Member Maria Salazar's opening statement as prepared for delivery: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, wonderful to see you and the rest of my colleagues, and holding this hearing is extremely important, because we ... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Committee on Small Business Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) released the following statement on the dismal April Job Openings Report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. “While American businesses were unable to fill 9.3 million jobs in April, up 1 million from March, it is clear the Biden and Pelosi plan of paying workers to stay home is shutt... Read more »
Simply put, inflation occurs when there is too much money chasing too few goods. In the last 15 months, federal spending on COVID-19 relief totaled $5.9 trillion, a quarter of U.S. GDP. This level of spending, paired with the Biden administration’s unwise fiscal and regulatory agenda, poses risks to our economy in the long run and is a wrong-headed approach at the onset of recovery from the pandem... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) sent a letter to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) Acting Administrator Sharon Block calling for small business deregulation. As small business owners are working tirelessly to stay afloat and adjust to operating in the post-pandemic world, it is imperative that the federal government provide small businesses... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Small Business Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations is holding a remote hearing titled “A Review of the SBA’s Grant Programs.” Excerpts from Subcommittee Ranking Member Beth Van Duyne's opening statement are below: "As we move forward, we absolutely must find these choke points that are leaving our small businesses twisting in the wind. The... Read more »
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is under fire for missing an April deadline to testify before the House and Senate Small Business Committees, even though she is required to do so under the coronavirus relief bill law passed by Congress in December. The $900 billion stimulus bill, which former President Donald Trump signed into law on Dec. 27, 2020, stipulates that the Treasury secretary and Small ... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Committee on Small Business is holding a remote hearing with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) Isabella Casillas Guzman, and without Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, titled “An Examination of the SBA’s Covid-19 Programs.” Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer's opening statement as prepared for delivery: Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank y... Read more »
Things are on the upswing in America. States are ending their COVID-19-related mandates, the CDC has announced vaccinated individuals can return to their normal pre-pandemic life, and businesses are looking to open their doors and return to full operations. There is just one problem: President Biden is paying workers to stay home. Many small businesses in southeastern Wisconsin have reached out to... Read more »
