U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran Discusses Kauffman Foundation Startup Act on Floor of Senate
Senator Cites Kauffman's Startup Act Provisions as Model for Creating an Environment That Will Encourage New Businesses to Create Jobs
(firmenpresse) - KANSAS CITY, MO -- (Marketwire) -- 10/14/11 -- U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) vowed to introduce new legislation that would create an environment for new firms to start, grow and create jobs in a speech delivered on the floor of the U.S. Senate yesterday. Citing many of the ideas in the Kauffman Foundation's , Moran presented "pro-growth principles" that he said would give job creators the confidence to hire more people, including:
Removing barriers to entrepreneurial growth
Moving research for the university lab to the marketplace
Attracting and retaining entrepreneurial talent
Encouraging pro-growth policies at the state and local levels
Kauffman's Startup Act is a set of non-partisan ideas to jump-start the ailing U.S. economy and increase job creation by accelerating the growth of startups and young businesses.
Watch the Senate-floor speech .
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is a private, nonpartisan foundation that works to harness the power of entrepreneurship and innovation to grow economies and improve human welfare. Through its research and other initiatives, the Kauffman Foundation aims to open young people's eyes to the possibility of entrepreneurship, promote entrepreneurship education, raise awareness of entrepreneurship-friendly policies, and find alternative pathways for the commercialization of new knowledge and technologies. In addition, the Foundation focuses on initiatives in the Kansas City region to advance students' math and science skills, and improve the educational achievement of urban students, including the Ewing Marion Kauffman School, a college preparatory charter school for middle and high school students that opened in 2011. Founded by late entrepreneur and philanthropist Ewing Marion Kauffman, the Foundation is based in Kansas City, Mo. and has approximately $2 billion in assets. For more information, visit , and follow the Foundation on and .
Barbara Pruitt
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Kauffman Foundation
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