We must ask ourselves, if government is capable of ending poverty for seniors why haven't we succeeded?
We can't afford it.
I would like to call this hearing to order.
It is our intention to craft a pipeline safety bill that enhances current authorities and can provide greater protection...
I am sure other Members of this committee can talk about the impact that pipelines have on their District.
We are also dictating that the small business loans are either women or minority owned, and they get preferential treatm...
Most people think this is making it harder to get capital.
I guess the problem I have is that when you say the market fails, it to me seems somewhat arbitrary.
Do you think that Dodd-Frank is going to help with small businesses getting loans, or do you think it is going to hurt?
I guess the question would be how good is the pizza.
This sort of arrangement, those people who are told no by the bank and then they are told yes by Government because Gove...
It is really about choice, and it is whether or not we are going to say that our choice is somehow superior to the marke...
If so, I guess we are kind of lucky the SBA is only giving out about 1 to 5 percent of business loans.
I think we have to remember the seen and the unseen, and the unseen is the money that has to come from somewhere.
What we do not see is the $100,000 you gave to them did not go to someone else.
The President wants to increase taxes on those who make more than $250,000. A lot of those are small businesses.
I am a great believer in the free market, and the thing about the free marketplace and capitalism in general is it is a ...
That is not the type of transparency that we need in America today.
