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Legislative Logistics December 7 & 18, 2018 4 PM EST

Legislative Logistics December 7 & 18, 2018 4 PM EST. Agenda. DC Meeting February 10th-15th Knowing the players Setting your meetings Preparing your materials. A new Congress. Lots of new Members :

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Legislative Logistics December 7 & 18, 2018 4 PM EST

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  1. Legislative Logistics December 7 & 18, 2018 4 PM EST

  2. Agenda • DC Meeting February 10th-15th • Knowing the players • Setting your meetings • Preparing your materials

  3. A new Congress Lots of new Members: • Over 100 new Members. Many don’t even have offices yet. List on website with names and some top staff. Swearing in Jan. 3, 2018 • Committee changes. New chairs in House and Senate Small Business, and House appropriations committees. • New committee assignments? Who will get SB, new Democrat appropriators. Assigned in January. • How and when to reach out? • New members may be hard, Old members reach out now

  4. House Appropriations Democrats (Majority) (Will expand 8 or 9)) • Nita Lowey, NY – Chair • Marcy Kaptur, Ohio Peter J. Visclosky, Indiana • Jose E. Serrano, New York Rosa L. Delauro, Connecticut • David E. Price, North Carolina Lucille Roybal-Allard, California • Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., Georgia Barbara Lee, California • Betty McCollum, Minnesota Tim Ryan, Ohio • C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, MD Debbie Wasserman Schultz, FL • Henry Cuellar, Texas Chellie Pingree, Maine • Mike Quigley, Illinois Derek Kilmer, Washington • Matt Cartwright, Pennsylvania Grace Meng, New York (fmr. HSBC) • Mark Pecan, Wisconsin Katherine M. Clark, Massachusetts • Pete Aguilar, California

  5. House appropriations – Republicans (Minority) • Kay Granger, Texas – Ranking Member • Harold Rogers, Kentucky Robert B. Aderholt, Alabama • Michael K. Simpson, Idaho John R. Carter, Texas • Ken Calvert, California Tom Cole, Oklahoma • Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida Tom Graves, Georgia • Steve Womack, Arkansas Jeff Fortenberry, Nebraska • Charles J. Fleischmann, Tennessee Jaime Herrera-Beutler, Washington • David P. Joyce, Ohio Andy Harris, MD, Maryland • Martha Roby, Alabama Mark E. Amodei, Nevada • Chris Stewart, Utah Steven Palazzo, Mississippi • Dan Newhouse, Washington John R. Moolenaar, Michigan

  6. Senate Appropriations REPUBLICANS DEMOCRATS Chairman Richard Shelby (AL) Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (VT) Mitch McConnell (KY) Patty Murray (WA) Lamar Alexander (TN) Dianne Feinstein (CA) Susan Collins (ME) Richard Durbin (IL) Lisa Murkowski (AK) Jack Reed (RI) Lindsey Graham (SC) Jon Tester (MT) Roy Blunt (MO) Tom Udall (NM) Jerry Moran (KS) Jeanne Shaheen (NH) * John Hoeven (ND) Jeff Merkley (OR) John Boozman (AR) Christopher Coons (DE) * Shelley Moore Capito (WV) Brian Schatz (HI) James Lankford (OK) Tammy Baldwin (WI) Steve Daines (MT) Chris Murphy (CT) John Kennedy (LA) * Joe Manchin (WV) Marco Rubio (FL) * Chris Van Hollen (MD) Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS)

  7. Senate Small Business Committee (May expand)

  8. House Small Business Committee (Will expand on Democrat side) Democrats (Majority) Republicans Chair Nydia Velazquez, NY Ranking Steve Chabot, OH Dwight Evans, PA Steve King, IA Stephanie Murphy, FL Blaine Luetkemeyer, MO Al Lawson, FL AumuaRadewagen, AS Yvette Clarke, NY Trent Kelly, MS Judy Chu, CA James Comer, KY Alma Adams, NC Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, PR Adriano Espaillat, NY Brian Fitzpatrick, PA Brad Schneider, IL Roger Marshall, KS Ralph Norman, SC John Curtis, UT

  9. February Meeting visits • Make your appointments now if you can! • Schedule meetings for February 12th, 13th, 14th, or 15th. • Try to meet with Member. Otherwise, Chief of Staff, Legislative Director or Appropriations Associate • Topic of Meeting: SBDC efforts in their district & appropriations • Remind scheduler/staffer of the reception on Tuesday, February 12, 5:30-7:30 in Rayburn 2068

  10. Supporting Materials • America’s SBDC Impact Brochure • District by district profiles, Success Stories & Constituent Letters • Your program or district collateral materials. • Annual Report

  11. New ideas for your materials • The hidden impacts – SBDCs beyond the numbers! • Play up your role in supporting: • Women-Owned, Minority, Veteran business • Rural outreach, community development • Student/Youth entrepreneurs • Technology & Innovation, cybersecurity • Disaster and community support

  12. Appropriations requests • What does more $$ mean? A new center, more staff? Think ahead… • Have Hosts, Clients or Advisory Board Members make the request, too - they’re “disinterested”. Start asking now, over the holidays • Remind your host GR person, ask for their support (or at least non-objection) • Remember the vitals: Financial Services/General Government subcommittee • SBA Entrepreneurial Development Account • “Grants for performance under §21(a)”

  13. Legislative Actions • Reauthorization efforts • Program improvements, why? 14 yrs with no regs, clarifying the partnership • Cyber Security Initiative • Support our efforts to build resources for small business, fulfill the DHS strategy. • Rural outreach – Replacing the 300,000 missing small businesses, supporting small communities • STEP/Export programs • Better inclusion of SBDC efforts

  14. SBDC Day • Build it into to leave behind • Take the opportunity to ask Members to be SBDC Day Ambassadors • Invite them to participate in events or simple tweet and post on Facebook • SBDC day is Wednesday, March 20th

  15. Key Messages – The standbys #1: America’s SBDCs are the leaders in job creation and attributed measurable economic impacts. • Economic impact in every congressional district. • Provide local details!!! • Your success stories are your best connection • Having a success story in every congressional district at the ASBDC office will reinforce your local connection! • Verified ROI on federal and state investments ~ 2:1 • One job created by SBDC clients every 9 minutes. • A new business is started every 35 minutes.

  16. Key Messages #2: America’s SBDCs stand apart from the other (52) federal business-related programs. • The SBDCs are an example of the best practices needed in GAO’s analysis of 52 federal entrepreneurial assistance programs. http://www.gao.gov/assets/650/647267.pdf • SBDCs leverage the resources of colleges and universities, research institutions, major corporations, communities and the states.

  17. Key Messages #3: America’s SBDCs are worthy of your support • SBDC clients create the economic growth which yields federal revenues as businesses continue and grow. • SBDC client businesses with SBDC support are better prepared to deal with the unexpected challenges that prove devastating to most. • Federal support attracts and leverages state, local and corporate investments in the SBDC. • New services are delivered faster with greater efficiency.

  18. Key Messaging Points #4: America’s SBDCs aid small businesses in responding to local and national priorities, opportunities and crises. • SBDCs are the boots on the ground to help small and medium-sized companies recover from disasters. • As the economy, global markets and government contracting change, thousands of small businesses in all 50 states and the territories turn to SBDCs for strategies that help them succeed. • SBDC professionals identify new market opportunities. • SBDC certified international business staff help many of these firms expand into overseas markets or go online.

  19. Next Steps • Messaging webinars in January • Prepare your materials, plagiarize shamelessly! • DC Hill Visits: February 12th-15th • Congressional Reception – Rayburn 2068 (Cafeteria) - February 12th (5:30 – 7:30pm) • Opportunity to involve new members and staff

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