I cannot think of any higher priority than being a megaphone for the 150,000 small businesses in my State of Maine.
It is hard to believe that this is my final Small Business Committee hearing.
The President has called on us to do this.
Senator Snowe, the number of banks using the SBA programs... you have really been a leader in that effort.
given the current uncertainty with respect to both taxes and regulations and the overall environment and what is going t...
I do not need a survey to understand what is going on on Main Streets and what is happening that they do not like in Was...
Without small businesses, we truly cannot have a recovery.
the SUCCESS Act, which is pending now, received 57 votes before we left.
I continue to be troubled by the fact that the U.N. ambassador decided to play what was essentially a political role at ...
it was not Congress's intent that Federal regulators supplant prudential State-based insurance regulation with a bank-ce...
Both sides have to understand it and reach accommodation. There's no other way to do it in the United States Senate.
We have an obligation to be problem solvers. Now more than ever, given the tenuous nature of our times and the situation...
We have an obligation to be problem solvers, now more than ever, given the tenuous nature of our times and the situation...
the security situation in Benghazi was deteriorating given that there were at least four attacks
I thank you, Chairman Lieberman and Ranking Member Collins, for your leadership in this area.
the threat in Libya from armed militant groups, from al-Qaeda-affiliated individuals was high
I have come to the opposite conclusion and agree with the President of Libya that this was a premeditated, planned attac...
I am just stunned and appalled that there was not better security for all of the American personnel at that consulate gi...
