Grace Napolitano: “As a small business owner, and as a Member serving on the Committee on Small Business, I have long recognized that the…”

“As a small business owner, and as a Member serving on the Committee on Small Business, I have long recognized that the Women's Business Centers Program meets a very, very fast growing need, and that is to help women succeed as entrepreneurs in the global economy. Our women business owners need help. They need access to capital, they need counseling, they need assistance in being able to identify foreign markets, they need help in being able to access Federal procurement. They need help, and we can provide that help with this additional money. Although the $8 million initially proposed was increased to $11 million during committee work, and we now are planning to add an additional $4 million, it is still a drop in the bucket to what can be of very great assistance to the women who are fast not only becoming the greatest number of business owners but also the ones that are providing the largest number of jobs in the United States for our working class.”