Group of Entrepreneurs from Across the Country Travel to DC to Talk Small Business at Capitol, White House
15 small business owners from 12 states head to DC on Sept. 12 to discuss small business issues with Congress members and key White House officials
Washington DC, Sept. 7, 2012: A group of 15 small business owners from across the country will travel to Washington, DC on Sept. 12, where they will spend several days speaking about small businesses, needs with Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chairwoman Mary Landrieu, staffers from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office, various other Congressional representatives and key White House officials.
The entrepreneurs are part of Small Business Majority's network council, business owners from various industries across the nation who volunteer their time and entrepreneurial expertise to educate policymakers and the press about the biggest issues facing small businesses today. The group will spend three days in the Capitol discussing issues including healthcare reform, clean energy, access to capital, public lands, taxes and more.
I hear politicians talk a lot about what small businesses need, and what will help us and what will hurt us. Unfortunately, they don't always have their facts straight. I'm taking a few days off from running my business to go to Washington to make sure the folks running our country know exactly what small business owners like me need to not only survive in this economy, but to grow, said Walt Rowen, owner of Susquehanna Glass Co., a glass decorating business that specializes in personalized barware in Columbia, Penn. I plan on telling my representatives how important full implementation of the new healthcare law is, what I think about the various tax and budget proposals and what type of policies I'd like to see coming out of Washington to help small businesses succeed.
Rowen and other members of Small Business Majority's network council will also meet with members of the U.S. Small Business Administration, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, the White House economic and business councils and others as time and schedules permit.
Small business owners will be traveling from 12 states, including: California, Colorado, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Who is the Small Business Majority?
Small Business Majority is a national small business advocacy organization, founded and run by small business owners, to support America's 28 million small businesses. We conduct extensive opinion and economic research and work with our rapidly growing network of small business owners across the country to ensure their voices are an integral part of the public policy debate. Learn more about us on Wikipedia and follow us on Twitter and Facebook. We also host the Health Coverage Guide, an independent, unbiased source of information for small businesses about health insurance.