Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today co-chaired a small business roundtable discussion about contracting with the Department of Defense in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey. The meeting was part of the House Armed Services Committee’s Defense Business Panel which Larsen co-chairs. The panel held their first field hearings in Everett, and has had subsequent discussions in Ohio and Illinois as well as several hearings in Washington, DC.
“These meetings let me and my colleagues hear directly from small businesses about the challenges they face when contracting with the Department of Defense,” Larsen said. “Small businesses are true innovators and important job-creators. They have a great deal to contribute to the nation’s defense, and this panel, with our field meetings and hearings in the capital, will identify ways to help them overcome the obstacles they face.”
Larsen also visited Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to tour the USAF Expeditionary Center where he participated in a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle rollover training exercise, and the New Jersey Army National Guard Battle Lab.
