Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C. – Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) president & CEO Karen Kerrigan issued the following statement on the recently proposed “Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019,” introduced by U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee: “Chairman Nadler’s recently proposed bill, the ‘Satellite […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C. – Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) president & CEO Karen Kerrigan issued the following statement in support of the nomination of Dan Brouillette for U.S. Energy Secretary: “Continuity of policy and management are vitally important to the U.S. Department of Energy, and I am pleased that President Trump […]

(Left to right) Rhett Buttle, co-executive director, Small Business Roundtable (SBR); Todd McCracken, president, National Small Business Association (NSBA); Chiling Tong, president and CEO, Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship (ACE); Kimberly A. Reed, president and chairman, Export-Import Bank of the United States; Karen Kerrigan, president and CEO, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council […]

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release Wednesday, November 13, 2019 Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov 202-224-6225 Senators Baldwin and Hoeven Introduce Bipartisan Tax Reform to Boost Small Business Start-Up Growth The bipartisan Support Our Start-Ups Act provides tax relief for new business start-ups WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and John Hoeven (R-ND) introduced bipartisan tax reform […]

Teleconference Discussion Please join EXIM’s President and Chairman Kimberly Reed for a teleconference discussion on international trade and EXIM’s resources available to support small businesses. Featuring: Small Business Roundtable Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship National Small Business Association U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. Wednesday, November 13, 2019 1:00 […]

NEWS For Immediate Release Washington, D.C. – In response to U.S. Senator Roger Wicker’s (R-MS) introduction of  The Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act (STAR Act), legislation that would prevent a TV blackout of 870,000 Americans and protect the FCC’s “good faith” authority during retransmission consent negotiations, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) president & […]

NEWS For Immediate Release Washington, D.C. – Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) president & CEO Karen Kerrigan issued the following response to the plan of Democrat presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) on how she will pay for her $52 trillion “Medicare for All” program: “Wow. There’s a reason why Senator Warren wanted […]

NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C. – Upon receiving news that President Donald Trump will make Florida his official state of residence, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo tweeted and said “Good Riddance.” According to Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) president & CEO Karen Kerrigan, that general message is not a new one for […]

National Entrepreneurship Month Provides Opportunity to Act on Bipartisan Initiatives NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Labor reported that 128,000 jobs were added for the month of October. Job growth for August and September was also revised up (160,000 to 219,000 and 136,000 to 180,000 respectively.) The unemployment rate […]

by Raymond J. Keating- As President John Adams once said, “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” And the stubborn fact is that the U.S. economy has slowed notably over the past two quarters, and […]