U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship

Hearings & Events

The Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship is responsible for all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the Small Business Administration (SBA). The Committee holds hearings, and conducts other oversight activities to ensure that the SBA is properly administering programs and carrying out the intent of Congress. In addition, the Committee oversees all issues of concern to small businesses across the country, including access to capital, affordable health care, rising gas and energy prices, fair contracting, taxes, regulations, and business training, among other issues.

111th Congress

date type title location
8/12/09 Field Hearing Small Business Survival, Weathering the Economy, Creating Jobs, and What the SBA Can Do to Assist NH
8/06/09 Confirmation Hearing Confirmation Hearing for SBA Inspector General and Chief Counsel for Advocacy DC
7/29/09 Press Conference Small Businesses and Health Care Reform DC
7/09/09 Roundtable Roundtable on Heathcare Reform: Small Business Concerns and Priorities DC
6/30/09 Field Hearing Keeping America Competitive: Federal Programs that Promote Small Business Exporting LA
6/22/09 Field Hearing NIH/SBIR Exclusion in the Recovery Act MD
6/18/09 Markup Markup of SBA Reauthorization Bills DC
6/11/09 Roundtable Roundtable on Investing in Small Businesses DC
6/4/09 Roundtable Roundtable on Small Business Research and Development DC
5/21/09 Hearing Hearing on the Role of Small Business in Recovery Act Contracting DC
5/13/09 Hearing Hearing on Small Business Financing: Progress Report on Recovery Act Implementation and Alternative Sources of Financing DC
4/14/09 Field Hearing Field Hearing on the Impact of Manufacturing Closures on Local Small Businesses LA
4/1/09 Hearing Confirmation Hearing of Karen Gordon Mills as Administrator of the Small Business Administration DC
3/25/09 Hearing The FY2010 Budget Request for the SBA DC
3/19/09 Hearing Perspectives from Main Street on Small Business Lending DC
1/29/09 Roundtable Investing in Small Business: Jumpstarting the Engines of Our Economy DC