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SenateSSSB
Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
The Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship has legislative jurisdiction over the Small Business Administration (SBA). The SBA is an independent federal agency meant to assist and protect the interests of small businesses. The Committee is also responsible for studying and problems of American small business enterprises, and reporting back to the Senate.
Leadership
Edward J. Markey
Ranking MemberDemocraticMA
Joni Ernst
ChairmanRepublicanIA
Industry Funding Concentration
PAC funding by industry vs. Senate average
$2.7M classified PAC funding14 members with finance data10 industries above 1.5x Senate average
Firearms & Ammunition
DEF · $8K from 1 member
5.4x
Very High
Committee avg: $536/memberSenate avg: $99/member
Home Building
CON · $5K from 1 member
5.4x
Very High
Committee avg: $357/memberSenate avg: $66/member
Cryptocurrency & Blockchain
COM · $5K from 1 member
5.4x
Very High
Committee avg: $357/memberSenate avg: $66/member
Veterans Organizations
DEF · $25K from 3 members
3.9x
Very High
Committee avg: $2K/memberSenate avg: $461/member
Higher Education
EDU · $10K from 1 member
3.1x
Very High
Committee avg: $714/memberSenate avg: $230/member
Tobacco
AGR · $5K from 1 member
2.7x
High
Committee avg: $357/memberSenate avg: $132/member
Conservative / Limited Government
IDL · $1.2M from 11 members
2.0x
High
Committee avg: $87K/memberSenate avg: $43K/member
Commercial Banking
FIN · $56K from 6 members
1.7x
Elevated
Committee avg: $4K/memberSenate avg: $2K/member
Medical Devices & Supplies
HLT · $20K from 2 members
1.7x
Elevated
Committee avg: $1K/memberSenate avg: $842/member
State & Local Government
GOV · $65K from 5 members
1.6x
Elevated
Committee avg: $5K/memberSenate avg: $3K/member
Members
Majority (9)
Hearing Activity
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Hearings to examine blowing the whistle, focusing on inside the grift that keeps giving.
May 20, 2026
Open Hearing
Hearings to examine industrialization and the rise of small manufacturers, including S.1555, to increase loan limits for loans made to small manufacturers, and H.R.3174, to increase loan limits for loans made to small manufacturers.
May 13, 2026
Open Hearing
Hearings to examine the American Entrepreneurship for 250 Years: Driving Innovation, Growth, and Opportunity.
April 29, 2026
Meeting
Hearings to examine sunshine week, focusing on bringing secret government spending to light, including S.766, to require an annual report of taxpayer-funded projects that are over budget and behind schedule, S.872, to amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to ensure that other transaction agreements are reported to USAspending.gov, S.4059, to provide requirements for Executive agency spending at the end of a fiscal year, S.4130, to pub a public price tag on all projects supported with taxpayer dollars, and S.1199, to extend the statute of limitations for fraud under certain pandemic programs.
Bills Discussed in Committee
Source: unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain), Congress.gov Committee Meeting API, FEC campaign finance data
