I think that is actually really important as kind of a long-term strategy here.
We cannot relent on that.
I think the committee needs to have a response from the SBA on these issues.
Thank you, Chair Landrieu, for holding this hearing today to discuss the barriers that continue to exist for our nation'...
What would you think about the average minority entrepreneur--and I would ask others, as well--on behalf of your constit...
I would just mention that those 26 that I cited were in the IG's testimony.
I think the committee deserves a response to the report, to the specific disposition of each and every firm or individua...
Yes. Thank you all. Thank you both very, very much.
the fact is that there were 14 ineligible firms that were determined by the GAO to be fraudulent
I think we need to have an accounting for each and every one of those.
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, minority-owned firms generate $1 trillion in economic output to the U.S. e...
If you inappropriately use Federal dollars or access Federal programs illegally, then we obviously have to make sure tha...
Even more astounding, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in January unemployment of African Americans was 15.7 perc...
We have an obligation here in the oversight capacity of this committee.
The problem is it saves money not for HUD but for the Medicaid program, for the corrections system, for State and local ...
So is HUD looking for offsets for those costs? $1.5 billion is a fair chunk of change.
Thank you, Chairman Murray. You have been a strong and dedicated leader of this subcommittee.
one of my primary concerns is the number of homeless Americans.
