we're not producing enough workers to fill the jobs that we're creating.

we're not producing enough workers to fill the jobs that we're creating.

Small business ownership is a major pathway for all Americans to achieve success and self-sufficiency and people with disabilities participate in entrepreneurship at a higher rate than nondisabled Americans.

In New Hampshire, our small businesses are part of the backbone of our local economies and make up the fabric of our rural communities.

For Granite Staters in the North Country in particular, the Postal Service is a lifeline.

Individuals with disabilities deserve equal access to support from SBA and this bipartisan legislation is an important step forward that will help achieve that.

They are going to have to face this choice to keep their jobs or leave the Postal Service altogether.

We're working with some of our other colleagues to not only cap the out-of-pocket cost of insulin until we get these cures, but also to cover uninsured who definitely are experiencing more of the negative effects of the disease.

I am particularly concerned that moving critical operations from Manchester to Boston will result in significant delivery delays.

Thanks Chair Peters. Thanks to you and Ranking Member Paul for holding this hearing, which is particularly timely for New Hampshire.

But the Federal Government has to keep up with that pay scale as well. And right now, we're not doing that.

The Postal Service was established by our founders and is protected in the United States Constitution, because it's not just any private business.

DOL's role in ensuring that there are enough H-2B visas available to employers is really critical.

Despite the efforts in the last year's legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act to cap out-of-pocket costs for insulin for Medicare, at $35 a person, we still see challenges with affordability for insulin.

I am particularly concerned that moving critical operations from Manchester to Boston will result in significant delivery delays.

There is some disingenuousness in what we are hearing from some of the providers.

The Postal Service was established by our founders and is protected in the United States Constitution, because it's not just any private business.

DOL's role in ensuring that there are enough H-2B visas available to employers is really critical.