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WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congressman George Latimer (NY-16) attended the House Small Business Committee hearing with Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler. Rep. Latimer pushed her on several topics relevant to New York.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today U.S. Representative George Latimer’s (NY-16) bill, the Transparency and Predictability in Small Business Opportunities Act, passed the House of Representatives unanimously. The bipartisan bill, co-led by Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04), also passed unanimously out of the House Committee on Small Business in March.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today U.S. Representative George Latimer (NY-16) participated in a House Democratic leadership hearing on how small businesses have been hurt by President Trump’s tariffs. Small business owners from across the country attended to give Congress an update on how they have been affected by the President’s policies.
WASHINGTON, DC – This week U.S. Representative George Latimer (NY-16), a member of the House Committee on Small Business, voted to pass seven bills that will help small businesses. The bipartisan bills now head to the Senate for a vote.
Westchester/Bronx– Congressman George Latimer joined 153 House Democrats in sending a letter to the Trump Administration after President Trump issued an executive order on his first day in office that could pause all disbursements of Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding immediately. Neither the vaguely worded executive order nor a follow-up memorandum from Trump's Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Matthew Vaeth and National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett clarify which projects, programs, and activities are frozen.
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman George Latimer (D-NY) and Congressman Mark Alford (R-MO) , along with Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), introduced the Transparency and Predictability in Small Business Opportunities Act, a bipartisan initiative to improve transparency and accountability in the bidding process for small and minority/women-owned businesses aiming to provide their products or services to the federal government.