The contracting of small business has no stronger advocate than Senator Cardin.
Senator Hagan was absolutely a leader in pushing us to establish this provision within our bill.
So, my question to those listening is if a gentleman with a degree of distinction from Oxford cannot get a loan from the...
As many of you know, this week is National Small Business Week.
This legislation has been touted as the single most important piece of legislation in decades for small business.
we are just desperate literally to find models that work for people like Mr. Blinderman
I believe it is still our responsibility as policymakers to lift up these entrepreneurs.
As long as I chair this Committee, we are going to continue to push open this door.
We have had a breakthrough, as you know, in finding almost 100 years, I understand, of natural gas reserves.
Natural gas is, you know, a 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gasses. We have a 100-year supply.
We think it played a very important part in actually helping not only, you know, innovative companies, but also establis...
It can produce vehicles that can achieve 40 miles per gallon, which I know the chair, who has been a leader on CAFE stan...
We think, because we have done this for a while in Louisiana, that fracking is safe under certain circumstances.
But the bottom line is we need to step it up, or these numbers are going to get worse, not better.
I want to associate myself with the remarks of Senator Hutchison. I am proud to cosponsor the Lease Act with her.
We may be at high levels today, but we are not going up. We are going down.
It used to be, basically, you submitted your permit and within 30 or 60 days, you got a yes or a no.
The Lease Act fairly restores time lost as a result of the offshore moratoria by extending the impacted leases by 1 year...
