United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

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The United States House of Representatives Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship is a standing committee of the U.S. Senate. It was created in an earlier and more temporary form on October 8, 1940. Its inaugural session was chaired by James E. Murray.

Leadership

113th Congress

Mary L. Landrieu (D) retained her role as committee chair in the 113th Congress.

112th Congress

The committee chair in the 112th Congress is Mary L. Landrieu (D).

Membership

2013-2014 (113th Congress)

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Members, 2013-2014
Democratic members (11)	Republican members (8)
• Mary L. Landrieu (Louisiana) Chair	• James Risch (Idaho) Ranking member
• Carl Levin (Michigan)	• David Vitter (Louisiana)
• Tom Harkin (Iowa)	• Marco Rubio (Florida)
• John Kerry (Massachusetts)	• Rand Paul (Kentucky)
• Maria Cantwell (Washington)	• Tim Scott (South Carolina)
• Mark Pryor (Arkansas)	• Deb Fischer (Nebraska)
• Benjamin L. Cardin (Maryland)	• Michael B. Enzi (Wyoming)
• Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire)	• Ron Johnson (Wisconsin)
• Kay Hagan (North Carolina)
• Heidi Heitkamp (North Dakota)
• William M. Cowan (Massachusetts)

2011-2012 (112th Congress)

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Members, 2011-2012
Democratic members (10)	Republican members (9)
• Mary L. Landrieu (Louisiana) Chair	• Olympia Snowe (Maine) Ranking member
• Carl Levin (Michigan)	• David Vitter (Louisiana)
• Tom Harkin (Iowa)	• James Risch (Idaho)
• John Kerry (Massachusetts)	• Marco Rubio (Florida)
• Joseph Lieberman (Connecticut)	• Rand Paul (Kentucky)
• Maria Cantwell (Washington)	• Kelly Ayotte (New Hampshire)
• Mark Pryor (Arkansas)	• Mike Enzi (Wyoming)
• Benjamin L. Cardin (Maryland)	• Scott Brown (Massachusetts)
• Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire)	• Jerry Moran (Kansas)
• Kay Hagan (North Carolina)

Jurisdiction

According to the official Senate website, the jurisdiction of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee includes the following:

1. The committee is referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the Small Business Administration (SBA).
2. Study and survey by means of research and investigation all problems of American small business enterprises, and report thereon from time to time.

Contact

428A Russell Senate Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20510

Phone: 202-224-5175
Fax: 202-224-5619

Email: info@sbc.senate.gov

See also

• U.S. Senate

External links

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• Official Senate Page
• Official Committee Facebook Page
• Committee profile on Congress Merge
• Committee profile on Govtrack
• Committee profile on Legistorm