Hearing: Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development (Committee on Small Business)

Wednesday, June 30, 2021 (10:00 AM)

2360 RHOB
Washington, D.C.
The Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development will hold a hybrid hearing titled: “Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!” The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 in Room 2360 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Participating members can also join remotely via Zoom. While small businesses play an outsized role in local economies and job creation, they have been particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. To ensure a robust recovery, Congress will need to consider ways to fill the entrepreneurship gaps that have existed for years in low-income and rural areas. This hearing will focus on H.R. 1226, the Next Generation Entrepreneurship Corps Act, which would establish a Corps to make an investment in these Main Street businesses, and give Members the opportunity to hear from experts about how this program could potentially help with the economic recovery.

Witnesses

Mr. John R. Dearie
President, Center for American Entrepreneurship, Great Falls, VA

  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 06/30/2021 at 02:06 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 06/30/2021 at 02:06 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 06/30/2021 at 02:06 PM

Dr. J.D. LaRock
President and Chief Executive Officer, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, New York, NY

  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 06/30/2021 at 02:06 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 06/30/2021 at 02:06 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 06/30/2021 at 02:06 PM

Ms. Denyse Airheart
Business Pathways Director, Mi Casa Resource Center, Denver, CO

  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 06/30/2021 at 02:06 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 07/09/2021 at 09:27 AM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 06/30/2021 at 02:06 PM

Mr. Craig Etkin
President and Chief Executive Officer, Intelligence360, Sugar Land, TX

Added 06/30/2021 at 02:06 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 06/30/2021 at 02:06 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 06/30/2021 at 02:06 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 06/30/2021 at 02:06 PM

Hearing Record

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

First Published: June 23, 2021 at 09:32 AM
Last Updated: July 9, 2021 at 09:27 AM