PMAA Calls for Reinstating White House Conference on Small Business

This week, PMAA and other members of the Small Business Legislative Council (SBLC) sent a letter to President Trump.

We requested that the President sign an Executive Order authorizing the next White House Conference on Small Business (WHCSB) which has not taken place in over two decades.

The WHCSB was a series of conferences that occurred in 1980, 1986, and 1995. They were convened by Presidents Carter, Reagan and Clinton to foster better relationships with the business community, Congress and the White House to develop innovative policy solutions to economic problems.

Each of the Conferences issued 60 policy recommendations, and elected regional implementation teams that worked closely with Small Business Administration (SBA) officials in monitoring congressional and executive branch action on the recommendations. Small businesses account for 99 percent of U.S. private sector employers and 64 percent of net new private sector jobs. It’s time for another White House Conference on Small Business.