My job is to provide the oversight of all of the programs, to make sure they are working properly.

So the question, I guess, is how far along is SBA in resolving OIG's 10 recommendations?

I urge you to continue to follow up to make sure that the personnel follow up and adhere to the recommendations.

Too often when Congress rushes to act it leads to doing more harm than good.

But one of my concerns is that, number one, we knew that at least two of these programs had problems to the extent that they should have been closed and were not.

We need to correct those things and fix them quickly.

I cannot believe that an attorney general of the United States is engaging in this kind of conduct. And frankly, I can’t believe that you are sitting here today defending it.

My concern though is that the IG report also showed that the employees of SBA, the staff, was not following up and adhering to the recommendations.

I support the Women's Business Centers. Do not get the wrong impression here.

Is waiting to express one’s view at a school board meeting harassment and intimidation?

If this isn’t a deliberate attempt to chill parents from showing up at school board meetings, for their elected school boards, I don’t know what is.

It's an excellent policy change that we know will benefit many people.

It is crucial that we invest in climate resilience and post-disaster assistance to advance racial and economic justice so that we do not leave behind our most vulnerable communities.

As a Senator who has heard from countless Missouri parents on this very issue, and as a parent and grandparent myself, this is a huge concern of mine as well.

The National Flood Insurance Program only supports people who can afford to buy flood insurance; almost precisely the opposite of how this program should work.

Congress also must act. Today, I reintroduced the Federal Agency Climate Prep Act.

I think what the law enforcement can do first is to abandon the assumption that all Chinese professors, scientists, and students are spies for China.

Hurricane Ida was yet another graphic example of how unprepared our Nation is for increasingly dangerous climate disasters driven by fossil fuels.