A primary focus of the agency should be to aid in the recovery of the more than $100 billion in fraudulent and improper loans made through the SBA COVID relief programs.

The budget doubles down on the reckless tax and spending binge of the administration's first two years.

When the credit market tightens we have historically seen a higher volume of SBA lending.

How have sensationalized emissions scenarios come to dominate the discourse of climate change risk?

This is a breach of the President's pledge not to raise taxes on the middle class.

A critical commitment I received from Mr. Syed is to prioritize fraud detection and prevention, which is among the greatest obstacles facing the SBA.

I do want to thank you as well for the letter that was sent back to Chairman Cardin and I.

Fraud in ineligible firms were supposed to be flagged and recouped on the back end through the forgiveness process, yet the Biden administration has forgiven $754 billion, or 92 percent of all PPP loans.

We are concerned about the SBDCs and the field offices.

I do want to caution because I know we do hear from, if you look at the 504 program, those lenders do support the changes in the underwriting because it does help streamline and provide efficiency in their program.

I hope that this has been a one-off situation, but I think it is encouraging many of those institutions to go back and relook what their practices are.

It calls for nearly 5 trillion dollars in new taxes that will kill jobs, and punish hard-working Americans.

Should we be worried that the sky is falling on top of the insurance and reinsurance industries because of climate change?

Yes. See, I am going to start out with my favorite subject every time we have a farm bill up, on farm payment limitations.

Yes. See, I am going to start out with my favorite subject every time we have a farm bill up, on farm payment limitations.

It is my belief that the USDA's discretionary use of CCC undercuts this Committee farm bill process.

What you are hearing is uncertainty.

A lot of the proposals and laws that I hear about when I am out doing the 99-county tour... read like the Green New Deal.