Oversight of SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurial Development

House Committee on Small Business · July 16, 2026

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Opening and invocation

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Chair (Chairman Williams) called the committee to order, led an invocation and opened the hearing titled “Oversight of SBA's Office of Entrepreneurial Development.” He introduced the purpose: review how OED serves entrepreneurs and ensure taxpayer dollars are spent effectively.

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A House Small Business Committee oversight hearing examined the SBA Office of Entrepreneurial Development’s recent grant-management overhaul, a pause in reimbursements and a $340 million backlog of unpaid grant obligations. Lawmakers from both parties pressed Associate Administrator Paul Fitzpatrick about safeguards, delayed payments to resource partners (SCORE, SBDCs, WBCs, STEP) and proposed budget cuts to entrepreneurial development programs.

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