Spencer Bachus: “Our budget continues the policy of providing the minority a full one-third of both funding and staff slots allocated to…”

I would simply recognize Mr. Petri's and Ms. Tsongas' contributions in helping Mr. Kilmer with this amendment--and there may be others. I want to express to the full committee chair our appreciation for supporting this amendment, and I…

However, my continued concern is that the program threatens to dry up legitimate sources of credit and financing.

In this economy, the last thing we need is to make it harder for businesses to operate and employ workers, and by that I mean legitimate businesses.

Those left on the short end can often be the people who have the greatest difficulty in getting any credit at all.