Congressional Testimony
U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Small Business, “The $800 billion Paycheck Protection Program and the Impacts of COVID-19 on Small Businesses in the United States,” March 16, 2022. Written Testimony and Video
California State Assembly, Select Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, “California Small Businesses in the Pandemic,” July 12, 2021. Written Testimony | Video
California State Assembly, Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy, “The Impacts of COVID-19 on Small Business Owners,” February 23, 2021. Written Testimony | Video
U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Small Business, “The State of the Small Business Economy in the Pandemic,” February 2021. Written Testimony and Video
Joint Resolution from the California State Assembly and Senate Resolution Text
California State Senate Appropriations Committee, “The California Minimum Wage, Inflation and the Poverty Line,” August 12, 2013. Written Testimony
U.S. Senate, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, “Closing the Gap: Exploring Minority Access to Capital and Contracting Opportunities,” March 2011. Written Testimony | Video
U.S. Senate, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, “Assessing Access: Obstacles and Opportunities for Minority Small Business Owners in Today Capital Markets,” April 2010. Written Testimony | Video
“The Troubling Reality of Capital Limitations Faced by Minority Firms,” Congressional Briefing, House of Representatives, Cannon Building, Washington, D.C. March 2010. Presentation | Report
“Are We Really a Nation Online,” Congressional Briefing, Capitol, Washington, D.C. September 2005. Presentation | Picture
California State Testimony on “Proposed Merger of SBC Communications Inc. and AT&T Corp.” for the California Public Utilities Commission, 2005.
California State Testimony on AB 855 (Firebaugh) to the California State Assembly, Committee on Utilities and Commerce regarding inequality in access to technology, 2003.
Recent Government Citations to Research
The Securities and Exchange Commission used my research in their report on small business capital formation. SEC
The White House used my research on Native American business owners in their announcement of initiatives to help Tribal Communities. White House Brief
The Economic Report of the President 2023 references my paper with Florian Hoffman and Phil Oreopoulos, “A Community College Instructor Like Me: Race and Ethnicity Interactions in the Classroom, (AER 2014).
The White House cites my report, National Report on Early-Stage Entrepreneurship in the United States: 2021.
The U.S. Senate cites my paper, The Impact of COVID-19 on Small Business Owners: The First Three Months after Social-Distancing Restrictions, (JEMS 2020).
The U.S. Senate and White House cite my paper with Frank Fossen, The 2021 Paycheck Protection Program Reboot: Loan Disbursement to Employer and Nonemployer Businesses in Minority Communities.
The U.S. Senate used my research for a COVID small business bill by Senators Schumer, Booker, Harris and others.
California Governor Gavin Newsome used my research for a bill during the pandemic
National Academy of Sciences, Societal Experts Action Network