This Week in Entrepreneurship Policy

Posted by: Mark Marich on May 07, 2012 Source: Policy Dialogue on Entrepreneurship

Members of Congress return from a short recess to a handful of committee hearings this week, including a look at how skyrocketing costs on gasoline are impacting small firms by the House Committee on Small Business.

HOUSE
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• Running on Empty: The Effects of High Gasoline Prices on Small Businesses
  House Committee on Small Business
  2360 Rayburn HOB
  Wednesday, May 9
  1:00 pm


• American Taxpayer Dollars at the NSF
  House Committee on Science, Space & Technology
  Subcommittee on Research and Science Education
  2318 Rayburn HOB
  Wednesday, May 9
  2:00pm


• Challenges and Opportunities of Unconventional Resources Technology
  House Committee on Science, Space & Technology
  Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
  2318 Rayburn HOB
  Thursday, May 10
  9:30am


SENATE
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• Is Simpler Better? Limiting Federal Support for Financial Institutions
  Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs
  Subcommitte on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
  538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
  Wednesday, May 9
  2:00 pm


• The Need for Privacy Protections: Perspectives from the Administration and the Federal Trade Commission
  Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation
  253 Russell Senate Office Building
  Wednesday, May 9
  2:30 pm


• Oversight of the Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator
  Senate Committee on the Judiciary
  226 Dirksen Senate Office Building
  Wednesday, May 9
  10:00 am

Category:  Capitol Hill