Women-owned small businesses, particularly black women-owned small businesses, are leading the charge post-pandemic.

I want to make sure the resources are fairly distributed in all parts of our country.

We have a responsibility as the Chair and Ranking Member of the Small Business Committee to modernize and update and oversight the small business laws of our nation and unfortunately that hasn't been done for a long time.

That's why throughout my tenure in Congress I have been laser focused on comprehensive legislation to reauthorize several important programs that support American women-owned small businesses.

We're determined to exercise our roles as legislators in that regard and we've already started that process.

We have a responsibility as the Chair and Ranking Member of the Small Business Committee to modernize and update and oversight the small business laws of our nation and unfortunately that hasn't been done for a long time.

Today, we are witnessing an historic rise in women's entrepreneurship under the Biden-Harris Administration.

When it is 80-plus percent of the time they are failing and people are losing all of their equity then it is designed to fail.

I want to make sure the resources are fairly distributed in all parts of our country.

Last month, for example, I introduced the Women's Business Center Improvement Act, which would increase federal support to women's business centers.

The entrepreneurial spirit of women has really carried us into an unprecedented growth in small businesses during this period of time.

I have traveled with the chairman to countries in our hemisphere that were hooked into China's debt because there is no other option, they thought.

It has already helped over 1,000 New Hampshire veterans enroll in VA health care and file more than 2,000 disability claims.

Many Granite State veterans have contacted my office because they have concerns about how far they have had to travel to get a medical exam for their VA disability claim.

I was really proud to work with everyone here on a bipartisan basis to develop and pass the PACT Act into law.

This is really an important--I am using the term 'customer service' but I do not think it really conveys how important it is, especially if you are somebody with a medical issue or disability, long travel can be really difficult.

If we do not need a veteran to travel to an exam, we should not do that because that is time the veteran has to take off of work.

I was really proud to work with everyone here on a bipartisan basis to develop and pass the PACT Act into law.