Landrieu to Chair Hearing on Small Business Trade in New Orleans

Will also host small business outreach conference and attend roundtable on
entrepreneurship.

*** EVENTS TOMORROW***

Tomorrow, June 30, 2009, United States Senator Mary Landrieu, D-La., will
chair a hearing of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
in New Orleans. Karen Mills, Administrator of the Small Business
Administration, and United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk will be among
the witnesses testifying at the field hearing, entitled "Keeping America
Competitive: Federal Programs that Promote Small Business Exporting." The
hearing follows Sen. Landrieu's introduction of "The Small Business
International Trade Enhancements Act of 2009" earlier this month. Sen.
Landrieu and witnesses will hold a press availability before the hearing at
12:45 p.m. CDT.

In the morning, Sen. Landrieu and Administrator Mills will attend a small
business outreach conference in New Orleans aimed at providing counseling and
assistance to area small business owners. Sen. Landrieu and Administrator
Mills will then visit a small business before participating in an
entrepreneurial roundtable and tour at the Entergy Innovation Center. Sen.
Landrieu and Administrator Mills will be available to speak with the press at
the Outreach Conference at 9:50 a.m. CDT.

Your coverage is invited:

SMALL BUSINESS OUTREACH FAIR

Who: U.S. Senate Small Business Committee Chair Mary Landrieu, D-La.
SBA Administrator Karen Gordon Mills
SBA Louisiana Small Business Development Centers
Louisiana Economic Development

What: Small Business Outreach Fair

When: TOMORROW, Tuesday, June 30, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. CDT
Registration begins at 8:00 a.m.

***Press Availability with Sen. Landrieu and Administrator Mills at 9:50 a.m.

Where: Lindy C. Boggs International Conference Center
University of New Orleans Research and Technology Park
2045 Lakeshore Drive
New Orleans, LA 70122

TOUR OF SMALL BUSINESSES

Who: U.S. Senate Small Business Committee Chair Mary Landrieu, D-La.
SBA Administrator Karen Gordon Mills

What: Tours of small businesses

When:10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. CDT

Where:Stop One:
Fleur De Lis Car Care Center
247 West Harrison Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70124

Stop Two:
Entergy Innovation Center
3232 N. Galvez Street
New Orleans, LA 70117

SENATE SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE FIELD HEARING

Who: U.S. Senate Small Business Committee Chair Mary Landrieu, D-La.

What: Field Hearing entitled "Keeping America Competitive: Federal Programs
that Promote Small Business Exporting."

When:1:00 p.m. CDT

Where: Port of New Orleans Auditorium
1350 Port of New Orleans Place
4th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70160

***Press Availability with Sen. Landrieu, USTR Ron Kirk, SBA Administrator
Mills, Export-Import Bank Chairman Fred Hochberg and Department of Commerce
representative Patty Sefcik at 12:45 p.m.

Witnesses (for planning purposes only):
Panel I:

Ronald Kirk
Ambassador
United States Trade Representative

Karen Gordon Mills
Administrator
U.S. Small Business Administration

Fred Hochberg
Chairman and President
Export-Import Bank of the United States

Patty Sefcik
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary
Domestic Operations of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service
International Trade Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce

Panel II:
Jerry Hingle
Executive Director
Southern United States Trade Association

Diana Simek
Vice President for Business Development
Ark-LA-Tex Export & Technology Center Inc.

Eugene Schreiber
Managing Director
World Trade Center of New Orleans

Wilma Castro
On behalf of the Louisiana District Export Council
Owner, International Export Sales L.L.C.
St. Rose, Louisiana

CONTACT: Scott Schneider, +1-202-641-5222, scott_schneider@sbc.senate.gov, or
Vicki Ekstrom, +1-202-744-7954, victoria_ekstrom@sbc.senate.gov, both of the
U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- June 29/
SOURCE U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship