"I represent a district in Los Angeles County, where 3 years ago a young rising star, an elected official in my district, Bobby Salcedo, was murdered by the Mexican drug cartel."
"it is this Committee's responsibility and my personal priority to ensure that we do all that we can to help small businesses thrive."
"I would like to take a moment to commend you for the progress that the Department has made on various issues."
"Improving the GSA Schedule and empowering more small firms to grow with the government is vital to our economic recovery."
"federal contracting is an important source of opportunities for small businesses"
"It fails to meet statutory benchmarks year after year, not just for small firms but also disadvantaged entrepreneurs like veterans, women, and minorities."
"Why should the Schedule be exempt from these mandatory small business set-asides?"
"Thank you, Chairman Mulvaney."
"Such an outcome would not only shortchange entrepreneurs but also government agencies who could benefit from more and not less competition for their businesses."
"I also sit on the Judiciary Committee, where I have been working hard to address business concerns about intellectual property rights."
"Detective, the legislation being discussed today would authorize the FBI to conduct these familial searches when investigating crimes that involve murder, manslaughter, and sex offenses against a mino..."