Session 6 (10/30): 

1. Bipartisanship— Can Agreement on Small Business Issues Help Bridge the Gap?

Guest/Moderator: Andy Serwer, Managing Editor, Fortune Magazine

Guest: Former U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME), currently a senior fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center and former Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

With Congress mired in gridlock, support for small business is one of the few policy areas that brings both sides together, from the Small Business Jobs Act to reauthorization of the SBIR program to the JOBS Act. What gave these bills a pathway to success?  What lessons can we learn from these examples, and how might they point toward bipartisanship on other issues?  Andy Serwer will host a conversation between Mills and her Republican guest discussing how they bridged the gap to help small businesses start, grow and succeed.

Room: L166