Access to capital is the biggest challenge. This is problematic because capital is the lifeblood of any business.

We are not only politicians but business owners too, and it gives us the opportunity to try to remove some of the obstacles in the way of small businesses.

Unfortunately, minority-owned firms, including women, are more likely than other businesses to be denied traditional financing.

How can SBA improve the application and the processing procedure so that more minority small businesses can take advantage of the program?

It doesn't make any sense that they cannot become full citizens in the community.

This year I have had the opportunity to introduce H.R. 3345, the Veteran Job Opportunity Act, which provides tax credits for veterans who open businesses in underserved areas.

Fostering women entrepreneurs' success is very critical to the prosperity of the United States.

A diversity of studies show it is harder for minority- and women-owned small businesses to not only get the business started but also develop the business network needed to grow in these businesses.

Telehealth has the potential to advance healthcare quality by reducing costs.

Nineteen percent of the U.S. population live in rural areas, as most of you know, yet only about 9 or 10 percent of physicians practice in rural areas.

Can we create that pipeline for graduates in the STEM field that would help these students create their own small businesses?

I think it is significant and going to make a very big difference in terms of where we stand with women in the small business market that yields so many jobs in this country.

Like most Americans, the residents of Eureka Gardens want a clean, affordable, and safe place to raise their families and to call home.

I believe strongly in private property rights, but we have to protect America's farms so we can continue to provide safe and nutritious food for all of us.

How can we expect to have an informed decision on the changes that would affect ABAWDs without any sense of what issues ABAWDs are facing and who these individuals are?

In my district one out of every four Floridians are food-insecure, and I have six of eight counties with the highest food insecurity in the state.

What I really want to do is piggyback on the question... what is a wish list that you all did not get a chance to respond to in terms of funding, and what would it do to alleviate hunger in this country?

a lot of time they would not be able to get their crops to market without immigrants' labor because Americans just don't want to do it

the problem that I see here is one that we are having to deal with, there are fixes for the Affordable Care Act, but it does not seem to be that anyone really wants to work and take care of the fixes it is so politicized