On the recordNovember 3, 2011
I rise in strong support of this piece of legislation. This is so commonsense. This is so basic. It is as basic as blood is to the body, the access to capital for small businesses, the ability to raise capital in hard times. I will tell you right now the biggest inhibitor right now to us creating jobs is the uncertainty. And for anybody in small business to go to a bank right now and say, I need to borrow money, I want to buy equipment, I want to invest in inventory, you know what they're met with: we are not sure we can do that. With the new rules and regulations, we don't know them yet, so we have to kind of hold back on that. But you know what, we need access to that capital if we are to succeed. If we are to move forward as a country, we need to unleash those bonds that are keeping us moored by them, and we can do it. This legislation is commonsense. And as I said earlier, this is the same as blood is to the body. Access to capital for small business is absolutely critical. It has to be done now. There is great bipartisan support for it. Mr. McCARTHY of California. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the Member whose top priority in Washington is getting the Granite Staters back to work, the gentleman from Manchester, New Hampshire (Mr. Guinta).
