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Amata Keeps Subcommittee Chairmanship

January 17, 2017

Washington, D.C. – Tuesday, House Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (OH), released the names of the Subcommittee Chairmen for the 115th Congress, including Congresswoman Amata who will continue to serve as the Chairman of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Health & Technology.

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Congresswoman Aumua Amata with Chairman Chabot

Along with the announcement, Chairman Chabot commented, "I'm so glad Aumua Amata is returning as chair of our Health and Technology Subcommittee. We need her unique and thoughtful perspective as we look for solutions for the 28 million small businesses across America, and I'm looking forward to working with her as we get down to business as soon as possible."

Joining Amata are Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO) as Vice-Chair of the Committee, Rob Blum (IA) as Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade Chairman, Dave Brat (VA) as Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access Chairman, Trent Kelly (MS) as Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversights and Regulation Chairman, and Steve Knight (CA) as Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce Chairman.

Following the announcement, Congresswoman Amata stated, "I could not be more pleased to continue to serve as the Chairman of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Health and Technology, and look forward to working with Chairman Chabot, and my other colleagues on committee to ensure that the nearly 30 million small businesses in the United States can thrive. Particularly, I look forward to bringing the territories to the forefront of committee business, as so many of our businesses qualify as a small business, and need special considerations when it comes to the laws that affect them,"

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