Policy News – December 4, 2019

On December 10, the House Committee on Small Business will meet on the United States Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 504/CDC Loan Program. The hearing will offer Members of the Subcommittee the opportunity to hear directly from program participants. The committee will also hold a hearing tomorrow titled, “Embracing Corporate Social Responsibility: Small Business Best Practices”.

PilieroMazza has compiled a practical guide on how the HUBZone Program will impact the business goals of government contractors and will be hosting a webinar on SBA’s HUBZone Program on December 10, 2019.

Committee Proceedings

House Committee on Education and Labor

• There are no relevant hearings today

House Committee on Small Business

• Today, the Committee will hold a hearing titled, “Embracing Corporate Social Responsibility: Small Business Best Practices”
• On December 10th, the committee will hold a hearing titled, “Review of the SBA’s 504/CDC Loan Program”

House Committee on Financial Services

• Today,  the Full Committee will hold a hearing titled, “Oversight of Prudential Regulators: Ensuring the Safety, Soundness, Diversity, and Accountability of Depository Institutions?”
• Tomorrow, the Full Committee will hold a hearing titled, “Promoting Financial Stability? Reviewing the Administration’s Deregulatory Approach to Financial Stability”
• Friday, the Taskforce on Artificial Intelligence will hold a hearing titled, “Robots on Wall Street: The Impact of AI on Capital Markets and Jobs in the Financial Services Industry”

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

• Tommorow, the Full Committee will hold a hearing titled, “Oversight of Financial Regulators”
• On December 10th the Full Committee will hold a hearing titled, “Oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission”

Senate Judiciary Committee

• On December 11th the Full Committee will hold a hearing titled, “Examining the Inspector General’s Report on Alleged Abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act”