SUBCOMMITTEE ON TAX, ACCESS TO EQUITY CAPITAL AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES OF THE U.S. Congress is a COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION WASHINGTON, D.C., JUNE 16 AND 17, 1981 Printed for the use of the Committee on Small Business 82-735 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1981 لا NEAL SMITH, Iowa COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS PARREN J. MITCHELL, Maryland, Chairman JOSEPH P. ADDABBO, New York FREDERICK W. RICHMOND, New York ANDY IRELAND, Florida IKE SKELTON, Missouri BILLY LEE EVANS, Georgia CHARLES W. STENHOLM, Texas NICHOLAS MAVROULES, Massachusetts DENNIS E. ECKART, Ohio BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania WILLIAM S. BROOMFIELD, Michigan LYLE WILLIAMS, Ohio OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, Maine DANIEL B. CRANE, Illinois JOHN HILER, Indiana DAVID MICHAEL STATON, West Virginia VIN WEBER, Minnesota HAL DAUB, Nebraska CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey ED WEBER, Ohio DAVID DREIER, California GUY V. MOLINARI, New York MARK D. SILJANDER, Michigan MAJOR L. CLARK III, Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON TAX, ACCESS TO EQUITY CAPITAL AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES HENRY J. NOWAK, New York, Chairman BILLY LEE EVANS, Georgia BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota GUS SAVAGE, Illinois JOHN G. FARY, Illinois DAN MARRIOTT, Utah OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, Maine DANIEL B. CRANE, Illinois VIN WEBER, Minnesota BENSON S. GOLDSTEIN, Subcommittee Counsel RICHARD L. CENTNER, Minority Subcommittee Professional Staff Member (II) J lap 83 BN26 30Mr83 Dorgan, Hon. Byron L., a Representative in Congress from the State of Marriott, Hon. Dan, a Representative in Congress from the State of Utah. Nowak, Hon. Henry J., chairman, Subcommittee on Tax, Access to Equity 1, 61 Bedell, Hon. Berkley, a Representative in Congress from the State of Kobell, Ruth E., legislative assistant, National Farmers Union.... Kolbe, William F., chairman, Independent Business Association of Wis- McKevitt, James D., director, Federal Legislation, National Federation of Bedell, Hon. Berkley, a Representative in Congress from the State of Iowa: Letter to SBA Administrator Michael Cardenas requesting re- Fitch, John H., Jr., vice president for Government relations, National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors: Prepared statement with at- 145 Liebenson, Herbert, president, National Small Business Association: Pre- 53 McKevitt, James D. “Mike”, director, Federal Legislation, National Fed- |