WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Mary Landrieu, D-La., today made the following statement following the Small Business Administration's announcement that federal contracting goals to small businesses were met by a majority of agencies:

"While these numbers show seeing areas of improvement, there is still work to be done to ensure we meet our goal every year. The Obama Administration is working to improve the number of small businesses earning government contracts by increasing public knowledge over the next 90 days on federal contracting opportunities. The Small Business Committee will continue to monitor the number of small businesses receiving federal contracts over the next fiscal year as we fight to get small businesses their fair share of the billions of dollars in government contracts available. Small businesses, including minority-owned, women-owned and veteran-owned businesses, should be given the same opportunities as larger organizations because their employees work just as hard. While I am encouraged by these numbers, I still see room for improvement, and I commit to working to improve these numbers for the next fiscal year and beyond."

SOURCE U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship

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