Hearing To Examine Smaller Stores, Wal-Mart
UPDATED: 11:24 am EDT September 19, 2005
http://www.newsnet5.com/money/4990543/detail.htmlCLEVELAND -- A U.S. House committee is holding a hearing in Cleveland Monday on what it means to smaller stores in a community when Wal-Mart opens one of its stores.
Congressman Sherrod Brown is a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
The Democrat from Lorain will host the congressional hearing. He said it was prompted in part by opposition to a Wal-Mart in Cleveland...
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http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2005/09/17/WashingtonDCBureau/328551.htmlCongressman to hold Wal-Mart forum
Saturday, Sep 17, 2005
By Alison Vekshin
Stephens Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON -- A U.S. House Democrat has scheduled a forum in his home state of Ohio on Monday where he plans to examine Wal-Mart business practices.
Rep. Sherrod Brown said the event in Cleveland will explore the Bentonville-based retailer's business model and its impact on local taxpayers.
While it has been described as a hearing, Brown said the forum is not an official congressional meeting.
"I just want the public to be more aware of Wal-Mart's practices," said Brown, a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
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...But a domestic clothing manufacturer said "Wal-Mart chewed us up and spit us out." And a university researcher said "Wal-Mart is one of the key forces that propelled global outsourcing – off-shoring of U.S. jobs."
And the consequences of Wal-Mart's business model for taxpayers and communities have also proven controversial. As the Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) wrote, Wal-Mart "continues to raid the state treasury by steering thousands of its uninsured employees into the state's taxpayer-funded BadgerCare program, which provides access to health care for low-income workers and their families."
Congressman Sherrod Brown is sponsoring a field hearing to examine these issues. National experts and Ohio citizens will join Congressman Brown in exploring the consequences of the Wal-Mart business model American workers, small businesses and communities.
Like traditional congressional hearings, this hearing will offer expert testimony. Unlike traditional hearings, this hearing will offer American workers and small businesses a chance to participate, by using this Website to share their stories and suggest questions for witnesses.
Hearing Time and Place
Monday, September 19, 2005, 10:00AM
Moot Courtroom, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Cleveland State University
1801 Euclid Avenue (East 18th and Euclid), Cleveland