This Week in Entrepreneurship Policy

Posted by: Mark Marich on July 23, 2012 Source: Policy Dialogue on Entrepreneurship

Last week, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a sobering review of the U.S. economy. This week, a number of Congressional hearings continue to address the underlying issues--like the impact of Dodd-Frank and the 10th anniversary of Sarbanes-Oxley--as well as the potential in cloud computing and commercializing research from the international space station.

HOUSE
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• The Impact of Dodd-Frank’s Insurance Regulations on Consumers, Job Creators, and the Economy
  House Committee on Financial Services
  Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity
  2128 Rayburn HOB
  Tuesday, July 24
  2:00 pm


• World Intellectual Property Organization Technology Transfers to Rogue Regimes
  House Committee on Foreign Affairs
  2172 Rayburn HOB
  Tuesday, July 24
  10:00 am


• Credit Crunch: Is the CFPB Restricting Consumer Access to Credit?
  House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform
  2247 Rayburn HOB
  Tuesday, July 24
  10:00 am


• Cloud Computing: An Overview of the Technology and the Issues Facing American Innovators
  House Committee on the Judiciary
  Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition & the Internet
  2141 Rayburn HOB
  Wednesday, July 25
  12:30 pm


• Tales of Resilience: Small Business Survival in the Recession
  House Committee on Small Business
  2360 Rayburn HOB
  Wednesday, July 25
  1:00 pm


• The 10th Anniversary of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
  House Committee on Financial Services
  Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises
  2128 Rayburn HOB
  Thursday, July 26
  9:30 am


• Market Closed: Foreign Trade Barriers Facing Small Agriculture Exporters
  House Committee on Small Business
  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy & Trade
  2360 Rayburn HOB
  Thursday, July 26
  10:00 am


SENATE
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• The International Space Station: A Platform for Research, Collaboration, and Discovery
  Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation
  253 Russell Senate Office Building
  Wednesday, July 25
  10:00 am


• Education Tax Incentives and Tax Reform
  Senate Committee on Finance
  215 Dirksen senate Office Building
  Wednesday, July 25
  10:00 am


• Economic Statecraft: Increasing American Jobs Through Greater U.S.-Africa Trade & Investment
  Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
  419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
  Wednesday, July 25
  3:00 pm

Category:  Capitol Hill