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On the recordNovember 8, 2023
Mr. Chairman, it is really irrelevant whether or not the program is doing good or not. They do not have the authority to make up their own rules and own programs without Congress. It is as if they have left the band and the SBA is starting a solo career on their own. We are a team. We work together. The way it works is Congress is the one that enacts new programs to work with them. Whether or not it is a good program is irrelevant. They do not have the authority. Why have a Congress if all Federal agencies are just going to go out and do what they want? Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Texas (Mr. Williams), who just happens to be the chairman of the Small Business Committee.
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Aaron Bean
Republican · Florida

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