[House Hearing, 106 Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



 
                PROCUREMENT ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESS

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                             FIELD HEARING

                               before the

                  SUBCOMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
                             AND OVERSIGHT

                                 of the

                      COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                       ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS

                             FIRST SESSION

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                   CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AUGUST 18, 1999

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                           Serial No. 106-29

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         Printed for the use of the Committee on Small Business


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                      COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS

                  JAMES M. TALENT, Missouri, Chairman
LARRY COMBEST, Texas                 NYDIA M. VELAZQUEZ, New York
JOEL HEFLEY, Colorado                JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD,
DONALD A. MANZULLO, Illinois           California
ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland         DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois
FRANK A. LoBIONDO, New Jersey        CAROLYN McCARTHY, New York
SUE W. KELLY, New York               BILL PASCRELL, New Jersey
STEVEN J. CHABOT, Ohio               RUBEN HINOJOSA, Texas
PHIL ENGLISH, Pennsylvania           DONNA M. CHRISTIAN-CHRISTENSEN,
DAVID M. McINTOSH, Indiana             Virgin Islands
RICK HILL, Montana                   ROBERT A. BRADY, Pennsylvania
JOSEPH R. PITTS, Pennsylvania        TOM UDALL, New Mexico
JOHN E. SWEENEY, New York            DENNIS MOORE, Kansas
PATRICK J. TOOMEY, Pennsylvania      STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES, Ohio
JIM DeMINT, South Carolina           CHARLES A. GONZALEZ, Texas
EDWARD PEASE, Indiana                DAVID D. PHELPS, Illinois
JOHN THUNE, South Dakota             GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California
MARY BONO, California                BRIAN BAIRD, Washington
                                     MARK UDALL, Colorado
                                     SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada
                     Harry Katrichis, Chief Counsel
                  Michael Day, Minority Staff Director
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           Subcommittee on Government Programs and Oversight

                 ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland, Chairman
MARY BONO, California                DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois
PATRICK J. TOOMEY, Pennsylvania      RUBEN HINOJOSA, Texas
RICK HILL, Montana                   CHARLES A. GONZALEZ, Texas
                        Nelson Crowther, Counsel


                            C O N T E N T S

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Hearing held on August 18, 1999:

                               WITNESSES

                                                                   Page
    Sandoval, Ruth, Deputy Director, Minority Business 
      Development Agency.........................................     4
    Cowen, Ted, Director, Region V, SCORE........................     5
    Ratner, Hedy, Co-President, Women's Business Development 
      Center.....................................................     6
    Hayes, Richard, Associate Deputy Administrator, Small 
      Business Administration....................................     8
    Harrison-Smith, Charlotte, President & CEO, Millennium Data 
      Systems, Inc...............................................    27
    Wordlaw, Obie, CEO, JERO Medical Equipment & Supplies........    31
    Lumkin, Paul, President, Plexus Scientific Corporation.......    33
    Johnson, Sam, President, Best Metal Fabricators..............    35

                                APPENDIX

Opening statement:
    Kelly, Hon. Sue..............................................    48
Prepared statements:
    Sandoval, Ruth...............................................    51
    Cowen, Ted...................................................    59
    Ratner, Hedy.................................................    64
    Hayes, Richard...............................................    72
    Harrison-Smith...............................................    92
    Wordlaw, Obie................................................    96
    Lumkin, Paul.................................................    99
    Johnson, Sam.................................................   105
Additional material:
    Presentation of Cosmopolitan Chamber of Commerce.............   107
    Chart of SBA Loans to African American Women Owned Businesses 
      by State...................................................   110
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