Upcoming Event:

BCFC will hold a policy roundtable with Rep. Bobby Schilling (R-IL) to discuss his sponsorship of H.R. 2570, the “Rock Island Arsenal Public Private Partnership Act” and H.R. 3376, the “Saving Over Spending Act”. H.R. 2570 was added to the House 2012 Defense Authorization (HR 1540). Rep. Schilling not only is a member of the House Small Business and Agriculture Committees, but he is also a member of the Armed Services Committee. This roundtable is scheduled for Wednesday, January 18, from 4:30pm-5:30pm in room 121 Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill. To attend, please RSVP now to John "JB" Byrd, BCFC Government Affairs Manager.

Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH)
8:30 AM

BCFC will held a policy roundtable with Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH) to discuss his sponsorship of H.R. 2752, the “BLM Live Internet Auctions Act”. H.R. 2752 allows BLM to auction public lands and property for disposal with the auctioneering to be contracted out. Rep. Johnson not only chairs the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, but he also is a member on the House Natural Resources and Foreign Affairs Committees.

BCFC will held a policy roundtable with Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) to discussed his sponsorship of H.R. 3090, the “EDA Elimination Act” and H.R. 3308, the “Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act”. Rep. Pompeo is a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. 

 

BCFC Policy Roundtable with Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI)
Thursday, October 20 at 3:30pm

 

 

BCFC Policy Roundtable with Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID)
Tuesday, October 25 at 12:00pm

BCFC Candidate Roundtable October 5
with House Special Election
Candidate Rob Cornilles

The Business Coalition for Fair Competition (BCFC) held a roundtable with October 5 with House Candidate Rob Cornilles, candidate for the vacant 1st Congressional District of Oregon.  Small Business entrepreneur Cornilles is the Republican Party nominee in the January 2011 special election to be held in Northwestern Oregon.  The vacancy in this seat was created by the resignation of Rep. David Wu.

Congressional Roundtable

BCFC Congressional Roundtable
with Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC)
Wednesday, September 12
 

On September 14, BCFC will held a policy roundtable with Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) to discuss his oversight of insourcing and government competition with the private sector, and what legislative options he is pursuing to address insourcing. Rep. Mulvaney not only chairs the House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce, but he held a June 23 oversight hearing on insourcing, and cosigned the July 14th Congressional letter to the House Appropriations Committee.

BCFC Congressional Roundtable
July 28, 2011
Rep. Dennis Ross (FL)



On July 28 hoted a policy roundtable with Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, US Postal Service, & Labor Policy. As Chairman, he has a direct role in forming policy and legislation on Federal insourcing, unfair government competition, and has recently helped introduce legislation concerning Federal workforce reduction (H.R. 2114) and U.S. Postal Service reform (H.R. 2309). Rep. Ross is not only an original cosponsor of H.R. 1474, the Freedom From Government Competition Act, but also serves on the House Education and the Workforce, and Judiciary Committees.

Rep. James Lankford (R-OK)
Photos from the event can be found on our Facebook page.



Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform. As Chairman, he will have a direct role in forming policy and legislation on Federal insourcing and unfair government competition. Rep. Lankford also serves on the House Transportation and Infrastructure, and Budget Committees.



April 28 at 2:00pm
BCFC Candidate Roundtable: Jane Corwin (R-NY)
Photos from the event can be found on our Facebook page.

• Assemblywoman Corwin is the Republican Party nominee (and Conservative Party endorsed candidate) in the special election in Western New York on May 24. The vacancy in this seat (26th Congressional District) was created by the resignation of Rep. Chris Lee in a district previously held by Tom Reynolds, Bill Paxon and Jack Kemp
• Ranking member of the Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions Committee
• Member of the entrepreneurial family that founded The Talking Phonebook, Jane Corwin helped grow this Buffalo area company to almost 700 employees before it was sold to Hearst Publishing in 2004

McKeon                  Shuster 

The Elections are Over: What's Next for Small Business?

What:     "Small Business Post-Election Briefing"

When:     Thursday, November 4, 10:00 a.m. ET.

Where:    National Press Club, First Amendment Lounge

Who: Influential business leaders representing a broad cross-section of America's small business community will provide analysis on what the election outcome means for entrepreneurs.  They will outline what the new Congress and the Obama Administration need to focus on to boost small business confidence, hiring, investment and economic growth.

From taxes to federal procurement policy; health care to regulation; government spending to energy; trade to telecommunications, the briefing will address a wide array of issues that are of concern to small businesses and why entrepreneurs will remain an influential voice in shaping the policy agenda.

Participants:

Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council

Harry Alford, President & CEO, National Black Chamber of Commerce

Allen Guiterrez, Executive Director, The Latino Coalition

John Palatiello, President, Business Coalition for Fair Competition