December
5, 2003 - Velázquez: Jobs Are Not Growing Fast
Enough
December
2, 2003 - MEDIA ADVISORY - House Small Business Committee
Democrats Release End of Year Report
December
1, 2003 - Velázquez: Small Business is Key to Recovery
November
19, 2003 - Velázquez Pushes for Fair Immigration
Policies
November
13, 2003 - Velázquez: What Hasn't Been Done for
Small Business
November
10, 2003 - Velázquez: Bush Policies Needed to Keep
Jobs Here
November
7, 2003 - Velázquez Speaks Out on Bush's Choices
November
6, 2003 - Velázquez: Small Businesses Will Struggle
to Win Iraq Reconstruction Contracts
November
3, 2003 - Velázquez: We Need Main Street Focus
October
22, 2003 - Velázquez: Here are the Small Business
Facts
October
20, 2003 - Velázquez: Policies Needed to Keep Jobs
Here
October
20, 2003 - Velázquez Criticizes Bush's Strategy
to Open the Federal Marketplace for Small Businesses
October
17, 2003 - Velázquez: We Must Include America's
Small Businesses in Iraq Reconstruction
October
16, 2003 - Velázquez Calls for Policies that Protect
U.S. Technology Sector Jobs
October
16, 2003 - Velázquez Speaks Out on Minority Lending
Decline
October
16, 2003 - Velázquez to the President: Our Economy
Needs Rebuilding
October
15, 2003 - Velázquez Criticizes Bush on Housing/Economy
October
9, 2003 - Velázquez to the President: Your Tax
Policy Fails America's Small Businesses
October
6, 2003 - Velázquez Announces Minority Business
Summit Recommendations
October
3, 2003 - Velázquez: Bush's Empty Promises to America's
Small Businesses
October
1, 2003 - Velázquez Hosts Minority Business Summit
September
30, 2003 - MEDIA ADVISORY - Velázquez to Host Minority
Business Summit
September
24, 2003 - A Job-loss Recovery, Not a Jobless Recovery
September
17, 2003 - Small Business Success is Vital to Economy
September
17, 2003 - House Small Business Committee Democrats Unveil
Small Business Index (SBI)
September
15, 2003 - MEDIA ADVISORY - House Small Business Committee
Democrats to Unveil Small Business Index (SBI)
September
15, 2003 - Velázquez Challenges Evans on Progress
Made to Manufacturing Agenda
September
12, 2003 - Velázquez to Evans: We Need Real Results,
Not More Rhetoric
September
10, 2003 - Velázquez Demands Protections for Small
U.S. Exporters
September
4, 2003 - Velázquez Reacts to Bush Economic Agenda
September
4, 2003 - Velázquez: Administration Policies Hinder
Entrepreneurial Development in Rural Communities
September
4, 2003 - Velázquez to Bush: Where Did All the
Jobs Go?
August
20, 2003 - Velázquez Demands Federal Assistance
for Small Businesses Affected by the Blackout
August
15, 2003 - Op-ed in the Washington Business Journal -
Some Good Can Come from the August Doldrums
August
13, 2003 - Op-ed in the Courier Journal (Kentucky) - Empty
Promises for Small Businesses
August
13, 2003 - Velázquez: Bush Rhetoric is Strong,
American Economy is Weak
July
24, 2003 - Bringing the SBA Programs into the 21st Century
July
23, 2003 - U.S. Tax Code Unfairly Burdens Small Business
July
23, 2003 - Committee Democrats Highlight Lack of Progress
on Bush's Small Business Agenda
July
18, 2003 - MEDIA ADVISORY - House Small Business Committee
Democrats to Release Progress Report on Bush Small Business
Agenda
June
25, 2003 - Scorecard IV - Federal Agencies: Closed to
Small Business
June
19, 2003 - MEDIA ADVISORY - House Small Business Committee
Democrats to Release Scorecard IV
June
18, 2003 - Service Sector Job Flight Impacts Small Business
June
11, 2003 - Velázquez Announces Small Business MVPs
June
10, 2003 - MEDIA ADVISORY - Velázquez and Beauprez
Announce Small Business MVPs
June
6, 2003 - Velázquez Initiates GAO Investigation
of SBA Disaster Loan Program
June
4, 2003 - Velázquez: Visa Policies Hurting Small
Business
May
21, 2003 - U.S. Government Misses Small Business Goals
for Third Straight Year
May
14, 2003 - Velázquez on Trade: Protect Small Business
May
7, 2003 - Velázquez Speaks Out on Contracting Inequities
May
1, 2003 - Velázquez: IRS Unfairly Burdens Small
Business
April
9, 2003 - Velázquez: Manufacturing Needs A Boost
April
3 , 2003 - Velázquez Named Hispanic Business "Woman
of the Year"
March
20, 2003 - SBA Loan Programs Critical for Success
March
18, 2003 - 2004 Budget is Bad for Small Business
March
13, 2003 - Velázquez Speaks at U.S. Hispanic Chamber
of Commerce
March
11, 2003 - HUD Proposal Fails to Take Small Businesses
Into Account
March
5, 2003 - Small Business Deserves Same Health Care Options
as "Corporate America"
February
26, 2003 - Velázquez: SBA Budget Fails Small Business
February
26, 2003 - Small Business Committee Democrats Announce
New Members
February
12, 2003 - Velázquez Calls for Health Care Choice
February
11, 2003 - House Passes 7(a) Loan Fix
February
4, 2003 - Velázquez on Bush Budget: Numbers Speak
Louder than Words
January
30, 2003 - State of the Union -- Bush Strong on Rhetoric,
Weak on Commitment to Small Business
January
17, 2003 - Velázquez Calls on U.S. Postal Service
to Cancel Boise Cascade Contract
January
8 , 2003 - Velázquez on Bush Economic Plan -- Too
Little, Too Late for Small Business
2002
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of Page
November
13, 2002 - Small Business to Play Role in Combating Terrorism
October
31, 2002 - Bush Administration's Contract Bundling Strategy
Falls Short
October
17, 2002 - Democrats Release Report on Small Busines Failures
of the 107th Congress
September
26, 2002 - Velázquez Hosts Minority Small Business
Summit
September
24, 2002 - MEDIA ADVISORY: Velázquez to Host Minority
Small Business Summit
September
16, 2002 - Administration's Proposal Shorts Small Business
September
13, 2002 - Velázquez Calls for Passage of Association
Health Plan Legislation
July
30, 2002 - Disaster Relief Update
July
26, 2002 - Velázquez Secures Small Business
July
23, 2002 - Record on Steel Tariff is Good for Many
June
25, 2002 - Congress Honors Pentagon Roofers
June
19, 2002 - New INS Tourist Visa Regulations Threaten Small
Business Without Enhancing Security
June
12, 2002 - Velázquez Wants More Small Business
Export Assistance to Close Trade Deficit
May
24, 2002 - WTC Disaster Update: SBA Loan Deadline Extended
to September 30, 2002
May
16, 2002 - Velázquez to Host Small Business Hearing
in New York
May
16, 2002 - Velázquez Seeks CMS Cooperation
May
15, 2002 - Pentagon Denies Small Business Contracts
May
15, 2002 - Democrats Release Scorecard III: Small Business
Still Denied Federal Contracts
May
9, 2002 - Media Advisory: Scorecard III to be Released
May 15
May
8, 2002 - Velázquez Receives Small Business Council
of America Award
April
25, 2002 - 'Federal Contract Watch List'
April
24, 2002 - Small Business Committee Democrats to Release
Federal Contract Watch List
April
24, 2002 - Fed Rate Hike Unwarranted
April
19, 2002 - Velázquez Unveils Small Business Bill
for Economic Development of Brownfields
April
10, 2002 - Velázquez Amendment Passes in Digital
Tech Corps Act
April
10, 2002 - CMS Ignores Small Business
April
4, 2002- Velázquez Praises Chinatown Report, Backs
Policy Recommendations
March
29, 2002 - Disaster Resources Update: New York loan program
offices relocated, two by appointment only
March
28, 2002 - Letter to the Small Business Administration
opposing imposing 'parity' between the 8(a) and HUBZone
programs
March
20, 2002 - Budget Shortchanges Small Business
March
20, 2002 - Velázquez Wants True Independence for
Office of Advocacy
March
19, 2002 - Velázquez Calls on President to Follow
through on Small Business Pledge
March
15, 2002 - Velázquez Praises SBA's New Size Standards
March
13, 2002 - Velázquez Calls on OMB to End Stealth
Tax
March
6, 2002 - Drug Card Plan Ignores Seniors, Hurts Small
Companies
March
6, 2002 - Velázquez Pushes for SBREFA Compliance
February
27, 2002 - Velázquez Calls on OMB to Fix Small
Business Size Standards
February
27, 2002 - Democrats Critical of SBA Budget
February
27, 2002 - Letter to EPA on electronic record-keeping
February
14, 2002 - Hispanic Caucus Blasts Bush Administration's
Final Assault on Affirmative Action
February 14, 2002 - Congressional Hispanic Caucus writes
Small Business Administrator
Hector Barreto and Senate
Small Business Committee Chairman John F. Kerry protesting
Bush Administration's assault on affirmative action.
January
29, 2002 - State of the Union: Velázquez Proposes
Small Business Agenda for Economic Recovery
January
29, 2002 - Velázquez Blasts 8(a) Program Rule Change
January
23, 2002 - Congress Ignored Small Business in 2001
January
7, 2002 - Volunteers Put New Roof on the Pentagon
2001
Top of Page
December
21, 2001 - Washington Business Journal Op-Ed: Government
should give aid to small businesses
December
21, 2001 - Small Business Agenda Stalls as Congress Adjourns
December
20, 2001 - Velázquez Seeks to Protect Small Business
Interests
in Rx Drug Card Debate
December
18, 2001 - Letter to CMS Administrator Thomas A. Scully
regarding Medicare Rx Prescription Drug Card proposal
impact on community pharmacies (This is in .pdf format.
To download a free copy of Adobe Reader, click here)
December
6, 2001 - Velázquez Pushes for Expanded Assistance
to Small Business
December
4, 2001 - Newsday Op-Ed: Affirmative Action Wins This
Round, at Least
November
27, 2001 - Velázquez Praises Adarand Dismissal
November
20, 2001 - Small Business Administration New York City
Disaster Recovery Update
November
14, 2001 - Comprehensive Disaster Relief Bill Clears Small
Business Committee
November
8, 2001 - Media Advisory: Velázquez and Barreto
to Present Disaster Aid Checks in Chinatown
October
25, 2001 - Velázquez Opposes Proposed Rx Drug Card
October
12, 2001 - Media Advisory: Velázquez to Address
Community in Chinatown on Disaster Services
October
2, 2001 - Velázquez Introduces Small Business Terrorist
Disaster Relief Legislation
October
2, 2001 - New York Organizations Awarded Close To $3 Million
in Grants
September
25, 2001 - Velázquez Bundling Amendment Passes
House
September
21, 2001 - Velázquez Welcomes Appointment of Tom
Sullivan to SBA Office of Advocacy
September
21, 2001 - Velázquez Decries Air Bailout Bill for
Leaving Small Business Out
September
17, 2001 - SBA, FEMA Open for Recovery Services
September
12, 2001 - Velázquez Supports Small Business
September
7, 2001 - Velázquez Praises Ruling Blocking HHS
September
6, 2001 - Velázquez Release Scorecard II Report
August 1, 2001 - Velázquez Counters Bush Energy
Plan with Power Plant Siting Bill
August
1, 2001 - House Small Business Committee Expands Role
of SBDCs
August
1, 2001 - Small Business Committee Approves Technology
Transfer Reauthorization
August
1, 2001 - House Small Business Committee Expands Role
of SBDCs
July
25, 2001 - Small Business Committee Seeks Relief for Small
Health Care Providers Oversight agencies to propose CMS
regulatory burdens solutions
July
18, 2001 - Velázquez Wins Funds for SBA
July
11, 2001 - Small Business Committee Proposes Medicare
Regulation Relief
July
10, 2001 - Congressional Appropriators to Slash Small
Business Financing
