Hearing: SBA’s State Trade Expansion Program: The States’ Perspective

Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture, Trade, and Entrepreneurship (Committee on Small Business)

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 (10:00 AM)

2360 RHOB
Washington, D.C.
The hearing will review the state of the SBA State Trade Expansion Program (STEP). The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 directed SBA to establish the program to provide grants to states to increase the number of small businesses exploring trade opportunities. The hearing will allow Members to hear the states’ perspectives of SBA’s State Trade and Expansion Program (STEP) and its effectiveness in providing export opportunities for small businesses.

Witnesses

Mr. Wade Merritt
President and State Director of International Trade, Maine International Trade Center, Portland, ME

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  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 06/12/2019 at 03:16 PM
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Ms. Jennifer Bacon
Co-Founder, FlapJacked, Westminster, CO

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  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 06/12/2019 at 03:16 PM
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Mr. Clifton Broumand
Founder & CEO, Man & Machine, Inc., Landover, MD

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  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 06/12/2019 at 03:16 PM
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Ms. Jennifer Black
Executive Director, Export Development, PA Department of Community & Economic Development, Office of International Business Development, Harrisburg, PA

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  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 06/12/2019 at 03:16 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 06/12/2019 at 03:16 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 06/12/2019 at 03:16 PM

Hearing Record

  • Hearing Notice [PDF]
  • Hearing: Witness List [PDF]

First Published: June 4, 2019 at 09:57 AM
Last Updated: June 12, 2019 at 03:16 PM


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