The House Committee on Small Business announced on March 23 that it will hold a hearing titled “Defending Main Street: Combating CCP Threats to America’s Small Businesses.” The hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, March 25, at 10:00 AM Eastern Time in the Hearing Room, 2360 Rayburn House Office Building.
The committee aims to examine how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) poses risks to American small businesses. The focus will be on issues such as intellectual property theft, foreign investments, and vulnerabilities in supply chains.
Witnesses expected at the hearing include Andrew Pahutski, Vice President and Fellow of Economic Security at Systems Planning and Analysis Inc.; Sean Murphy, Founder of Kompassion and former Founder of Bison Blockchain; Tom Lyons, Co-Founder of 2430 Group; and Dr. Rush Doshi, Assistant Professor at Georgetown University who also serves as C.V. Starr Senior Fellow for Asia and Director of China Strategy Initiative at the Council on Foreign Relations.
The event is open to the public. Those interested can attend in person or watch online via the Committee’s YouTube channel.
This hearing highlights ongoing concerns about foreign influence over U.S. small businesses and efforts by lawmakers to address these challenges.
