Women Entrepreneurs Backed by Sununu
Businesswomen
New Hampshire Union Leader
Kendra Gilbert
Boston University Washington News Service
9-19-06
WASHINGTON—Sen. John Sununu, R-N.H., has thrown his support behind the Women’s Small Business Ownership Programs Act of 2006.
The bipartisan legislation, introduced by Senators Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, and John Kerry, D-Mass., is intended to provide assistance to Women’s Business Centers around the country, among them a location in Portsmouth, N. H.
“As more and more women entrepreneurs explore the opportunity to start, expand or improve small businesses, critical information and key contacts can make the difference between success and failure,” Sununu wrote in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn.
In 2004, Sununu pushed both the House and the Senate to continue to provide funds for centers across the country. That year, the Portsmouth center received $75,150 from the Small Business Administration.
Small businesses create a large number of employment opportunities, Sununu said in a 2004 statement. They are, he said, “the cornerstone of the American economy.”
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