I congratulate Senator Landrieu and thank her. I am on the Small Business Committee. I serve with her on the committee and others. I have watched her extraordinary talent flourish as chair of the Small Business Committee. The bill before us does something we all say we believe in; that is, support small business. Every Member of this body has pointed out something which the Senator from Louisiana knows and reflects in her work; that is, the engine of jobs is small business. We all say that. Most of us believe it. I hope all of us believe it, if we say it. It is not a partisan comment. This is a jobs bill which should get bipartisan support. Some of the jobs efforts have not. But this bill, because it is focused on small business and because that focus has been supported so regularly by Republicans and Democrats, will pick up some Republican support, I hope. It deserves that support. Senator Landrieu has reached out to try to obtain that support for this bill.
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The speaker is addressing support for a small business jobs bill.
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