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Washington, D.C.— Today, the House Small Business Committee under Chairwoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) held a “Member Day” hearing. The hearing gave members of Congress the opportunity to testify regarding their legislative interests and priorities around small business job creation and growth.

“Today is a chance for the Committee to hear directly from our fellow Members of Congress about their priorities for supporting programs and policies that promote small business creation and growth,” said Chairwoman Velázquez. “Our nation’s nearly 30 million small businesses support 56 million jobs and can be found in every sector of the economy and in every Congressional district in the country.”

Rep. Ed Case (D-HI) and Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) were in attendance to testify on measures that would benefit the small businesses in their districts.  

“My focus is not only on keeping small business strong throughout our country,” said Rep. Case. “But on protecting and expanding Small Business Administration (SBA) programs that support some of our nation’s under-represented populations and on ensuring a level playing field between small businesses and large government contractors operating in Hawai‘i.”

“This session, I encourage the Committee’s consideration to bridge the skill gap between the available workforce and employers,” said Rep. Cárdenas. “We can achieve this by investing in funding programs that will encourage the development of computer science career education programs that meet the market needs of employers and better integrate secondary and post-secondary education.” 

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