Hearings

Full Committee

September 20, 2012
Sequestration: The Threat to Small Businesses, Jobs, and the Industrial Base
On Thursday, September 20, 2012, at 1:00 P.M., the Committee on Small Business will conduct a hearing titled, Sequestration: The Threat to Small Businesses, Jobs, and the Industrial Base. The hearing will be held in Room 2360 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

The purpose of the hearing is to review the probable effects of sequestration on small business contractors and the industrial base. Specifically, the Committee will receive testimony as to how small businesses will be affected by cuts to the federal workforce, prime contracts and subcontracts if those cuts are not properly targeted. The hearing will also examine how these losses will affect employment and the health of our industrial base.

 

Opening Statement:

Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO)

Witnesses and Testimony:

Panel 1

  • Hon. Mike McCord, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), Washington, DC


    Panel 2

  • ML Mackey, Chief Executive Officer of Beacon Interactive Systems, Cambridge, MA

    • Testifying on behalf of the National Small Business Association

  • Laurie Moncrieff, President, Adaptive Manufacturing Solutions, Burton, MI

    • Testifying on behalf of the National Defense Industrial Association

  • Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D., Dwight Schar Faculty Chair and University Professor Director, Center for Regional Analysis School of Public Policy , George Mason University, Arlington, VA


    • Additional Items:

    • Official Witness List
    • Official Hearing Notice

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