Washington, May 2002

mdi's Dr. Anand Akerkar and Alan Schwartz were invited to meet with the US House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee in Washington, May 2002. Dr. Akerkar, was nominated as the New York State Small Business Representative by the Republican party was invited to meet with the Ways and Means Committee to discuss small business initiatives. Dr. Akerkar and was able to meet with several US Representatives including the Honorable JC Watts as well as members of the Ways and Means Committee. He was also able to meet with the former US Senator and Vice Presidential candidate Jack Kemp. Both Anand and Alan were able to hear what the present members of the Ways and Means committee have on their agenda for the coming year and how they plan to help the small business meet the every growing challenges before them. The main areas of concern were the Budget, Taxes and of course Terrorism which seemed to be on top of all agendas.

Dr. Akerkar was also invited to a White House Dinner in June with President Bush. He will be able to report on that meeting later this month.

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