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Nydia M. Velazquez: “This is about economic opportunity for small businesses. The fact of the matter is that the Federal marketplace is…”

On the recordJune 20, 2005
This is about economic opportunity for small businesses. The fact of the matter is that the Federal marketplace is growing and that small businesses are losing out; that their number of dollars and contracts are shrinking, and the Federal Government is not achieving the 23 percent statutory goal set by Congress.
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Nydia M. Velazquez
New York

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