I will say anecdotally in my office, I have had like 10 of my staff members, I said, who was affected by what happened? About four of them were affected.

The Committee will come to order.

Thank you, Madam Chair. And I thank the Ranking Member.

Last week, the House... passed my bill, the Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act.

Last week, the House--and thank you for the bipartisan support--passed my bill, the Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act.

I assure you, rural poverty is real. It is not just in the big cities.

Nearly 20 percent of the U.S. population lives in rural areas, and yet businesses in rural areas raised under 2 percent of the total capital over the last 3 years.

The Chinese government spies on everybody, and its own people are not free of that.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I do appreciate the comments from my colleague from California: distinguish between the people and the government.

The Chinese government is moving rapidly toward implementing its digital currency, the digital yuan controlled by its central bank.

I have a bill to go back to the gold standard.

My mother fled Communist Cuba where that country still oppresses their people every day.

I also agree with his comments about buying American.

There is no doubt that China is our top competitor and adversary.

I do think a lot of the policies government created has exacerbated that, made it too easy not to work.

We need, for our State to be successful, to harness our natural resources and not allow the Federal Government to get in the way of that, as they often do.

Earlier this week, the House resoundingly passed my bipartisan bill, the Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act. Rural small businesses face unique challenges that big city businesses do not. Nearly 20 percent of the U.S…

I have come out strongly against the Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuing any ban of gas stoves.