Steve Womack: “we just have to have some ability to be able to constrain Congress from moving past the moment to some future milestone…”

I claim the time in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arkansas is recognized for 5 minutes.

I thank my ranking member for yielding. With all due respect to my colleague, I rise in opposition to the amendment. This bill funded the Office of the Vice President at a 20 percent cut from last year, so we have taken steps to send that…

I think we have a role in that and hopefully we can get to it.

Community Development Financial Institutions stimulate economic growth and create and sustain employment opportunities in rural and low-income areas, like a lot of America. The CDFI fund ensures CDFIs are able to provide these underserved…