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On Thursday, June16th, the House Small Business Committee Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Capital Access and Taxes held a hearing entitled The Dodd-Frank Act: Impact on Small Business Lending. The hearing examined the regulatory structure of financial institutions, including the new provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act. The hearing also examined the regulations being proposed to implement the Act that have the greatest impact on small financial institutions and on small business lending.

On Wednesday, June 22, 2011 the House Small Business Committee held a full committee hearing entitled, "The State of Small Business Access to Capital and Credit: The View from Secretary Geithner"

The purpose of this hearing was to review the current state of small business access to equity capital and debt financing. The hearing focused on the Department of Treasury's current and future efforts to assist the private sector in providing the needed funds for small businesses to expand and grow. The sole witness was Secretary of the Treasury, the Honorable Timothy Geithner.