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NEWS from Hearing on
implementation of P.L. 106-50, the
"Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999"

March 14, 2000 10:00 a.m.

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Above left, Rep. Jim Gibbons (R-NV) of the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, greets a panel at the March 14 joint hearing with the Small Business Subcommitee on Government Programs and Oversight. Listening are Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, (R-MD) center, Chairman of the Small Business Subcommittee, and Rep. Robert Filner (D-CA), Ranking Democratic Member of the VA Subcommittee. At right above, Rep. Filner asks a follow-up question as Chairman Bartlett listens. At left below, Woodrow C. McCutchen, Executive Director of the Association of Small Business Development Centers, begins his testimony. Also on his panel were W. Kenneth Yancey, center, Executive Director of the national SCORE office; and Darryl Dennis, Assistant Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration. At right below, Geoffrey Hopkins, center, of Paralyzed Veterans of America, gives his views on the Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999. Also on that panel were, from left, Emil W. Naschinski, Assistant Director, The American Legion; Rick Weidman, Director, Government Relations, Vietnam Veterans of America; Anthony Baskerville, Deputy National Service Director for Employment, Disabled Veterans of America; and Joseph K. Forney, Founder/Coordinator, Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Network.