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Kendrick Meek: SBA does well when one can get a loan from them, but these are not loans, these are grants. There is a difference, when…

On the recordAugust 4, 1998
SBA does well when one can get a loan from them, but these are not loans, these are grants. There is a difference, when it comes to rebuilding distressed communities. I applaud the efforts the gentleman has made in the past and what the gentleman has supported, but I do not applaud this amendment, because what the gentleman is doing is cutting an agency that provides jobs. That is the difference.
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Kendrick Meek
Florida

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Discussing the impact of an amendment on the Small Business Administration during a debate.

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