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Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, March 6, 2019, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, will convene a hearing titled “Small Business and the American Worker.”
The hearing will be live streamed on the committee’s website here.
Members of the media planning to attend must RSVP to RubioPressShop@rubio.senate.gov.
Witnesses:
Mr. Oren Cass, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
Dr. Betsey Stevenson, Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Mr. John Lettieri, President and CEO, Economic Innovation Group (EIG)
Ms. Caryn York, Executive Director, Job Opportunities Task Force
Hearing Details:
“Small Business and the American Worker”
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
2:30 p.m. ET
Small Business Committee Hearing Room
428A Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C.