I think it is important that we are able to get these administrators, people who have the oversight at the very top, and are responsible for these programs to come before us to answer our questions.

I think we need to understand the impacts of the defund the police, of the restriction of funds to the police with regards to how it's affecting our small businesses.

We cannot keep printing them. ... It is going to decimate our economy, it is going to decimate our small businesses.

the Small Business Committee is known on Capitol Hill for working together in a bipartisan manner to achieve real results for main street, USA.

Now more than ever it is our duty on this Committee to provide much needed relief to these struggling small business owners in the most responsible and efficient way possible.

The proposed funds associated with several of these duplicative programs are astounding.

inflation is eating away at the very heart of our economy.

This three and a half trillion monstrosity is a disaster for our economy and for our small businesses.

If we can't find bipartisanship around this amendment, we won't be able to find bipartisanship around anything.

it has become abundantly clear that the Small Business Committee is no longer a Committee of bipartisanship.

I would ask my colleagues to remember we need to be looking at ways to be helpful to small businesses here.

I think it is very appropriate that if we are going to be allowing access to government taxpayer funds through the SBA, that we need to make sure that the people we are giving those dollars to are folks who are number one, credit worthy…

I want to thank the gentleman for his excellent amendment here with regards to, again, trying to help a group of people who we owe a great deal to, our veterans.

I have had a farmer come up to me and say, look, Congressman, I bought my farm 40 years ago for $300 an acre, now it is worth $6,000 an acre. If I die after this goes into effect, my family can't afford to keep the farm, I lose it, my…

I think the gentlelady from New York has a very thoughtful amendment here.

I certainly support Mr. Hagedorn's amendment. I think it is very timely, and very appropriate.

I certainly support the gentleman from Minnesota's amendment to direct SBA to report the number of small businesses looted during the civil unrest of 2020.

I think we need to make sure that we keep the dollars out of the wrong people's hands.