"As communities continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses can play an important role in providing viable pathways into the workforce."
"However, we need to allow our small businesses to prosper instead of hamstringing them with the threat of higher taxes and more regulations."
"I look forward to hearing all of your testimonies today and I hope to work with my colleagues to find real solutions to support our small businesses."
"It is really an honor and privilege to work with you in a very bipartisan way."
"I represent southern California, and my home State of California has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country."
"Some parts of California are experiencing some of the highest average gas prices ever."
"I stand in support of the en bloc being offered today, including Congresswoman Jacobs' resolution on Mozambique..."
"I am also proud to cosponsor Congresswoman Bass' Resolution on the conflict in Ethiopia which has claimed so many lives..."
"The Pacific Islands are incredibly important to the U.S. economic and strategic interest in promoting security and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific."
"I joined the letter to President Biden urging the immediate renegotiation of COFA to support the Freely Associated States."
"we do not need to move away from that public-private partnership model that has a track record of success"
"I saw firsthand the value that ESOPs bring to our communities."