09/11/08 Business Start-up Hurdles in Underserved Communities: Access to Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship Training Hearing
09/09/08 Opportunities and Challenges for Women Entrepreneurs on the 20th Anniversary of the Women's Business Ownership Act Roundtable
07/30/08 S.3362, A bill to reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs Markup
06/25/08 Examining Solutions to Cope with the Rise in Home Heating Oil Prices Hearing
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October 3, 2008
Harkin and Kerry question SBA loan rates
The Gazette, By: Adam Beltz
Sens. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and John Kerry, D-Mass., want to know why some flooded Iowa business owners can't get a low-interest loan from the Small Business Administration.
The senators sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget and the Small Business Administration on Thursday, requesting all correspondence between the two federal agencies relevant to a 2007 SBA decision to change the way it decides what interest rates business owners get on disaster relief loans.
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