Judy Chu

I know that small business is the engine of the San Gabriel Valley.

I would like to welcome everyone here, and also I hope that you can join us later where we are going to have a little reception with coffee and cookies.

We will take these suggestions, these experiences that you have had back to Washington, D.C., and we will try to make things better.

In the past SBA said that their standard 7A loan programs are cheaper and more effective than the microloan program in helping low-income and small-dollar borrowers.

We need the spirit of entrepreneurship and self-reliance now more than ever.

Since our nation's founding, generation after generation of immigrants have arrived on our shores. They have built our nation, created economic opportunities and enriched our communities.

He has moved mountains to be here. Yes, he had an airplane flight. That was cancelled, and they forced him to drive four hours to the next available airport in order to be here on time.

A bill is getting ready to be passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.

H.R. 358 would stop abortion coverage for millions of women. It allows doctors and hospitals to refuse treatment even if women will die without their help. This bill is so extreme that it prohibits a pregnant woman with cancer from getting…

Today, small businesses are looking for so many opportunities to grow stronger and expand.

Although subcontracts are an important entry point, more needs to be done to make them accessible to small firms.

One way that we can enhance small firms' job creating power is through the federal procurement marketplace.

Every 9 seconds, a woman is assaulted or beaten in the United States. Every day, more than three American women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends. And a staggering 1.3 million women and almost 840,000 men are physically…

Some in Congress want to use the jobs crisis as an excuse to roll back clean air protections that have prevented 200,000 premature deaths. Today we are debating the TRAIN Act. This is the Republicans' so- called jobs bill, conducting…

Since the financial crisis of 2008, small businesses have faced a challenging economic environment, and for this reason the federal marketplace has become an increasingly attractive option.

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

To help small businesses overcome these barriers, several initiatives were established.

While they do show great promise, recent GAO reports suggest there is a long way to go until their full potential is realized.

Historically, however, it has been difficult for small businesses to gain a toehold in the federal procurement system.

Together these creative efforts are an important means to getting more federal contracts in the hands of small businesses.

Of course we know that the Federal Government has a 5-percent goal for contracts to be awarded to women-owned small businesses.

We are in a time of national economic crisis. There are 14 million Americans without a job. There are another 12 million who wish they could work but have given up looking altogether. That's why last week President Obama presented Congress…

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American families are profoundly worried. Many have lost their jobs. They've seen college tuition rise, and watched their nest egg shrink. Unemployment is stuck at 9.1 percent. You can feel the pain. That is why a jobs bill is so critical…

What's not safe under the Boehner default plan? Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare are not safe under the Boehner default plan. In just 7 months, it forces nearly $1.6 trillion in cuts from these programs. They will be unrecognizable…