María Elvira Salazar

Small business operates best when the government does not stand in the way.

PLAs are really good at enforcing those types of things, particularly when there is a union involved.

The administration is trying to fool us into believing that this wish list... should be part of this bill.

I think we can all agree that our aging infrastructure needs a major upgrade.

Unfortunately, President Biden's plan is not about infrastructure at all, or very little.

I urge my colleagues across the aisle to work with us towards this goal.

I am a big fan of paying people on time, and having it be predictable.

So we really want to make it big, fat, and good for everybody to eat.

At least 1 million small businesses will get a tax increase through this proposal.

That is the American Dream.

Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, that truly helped people like you and your employees.

There are more jobs than hands.

Should this country, the United States, a free country, the beacon of hope and human rights, have a free trade agreement with dictators in this hemisphere who rig elections and jail his political opponents?

I think Ortega only understands when the United States speaks loud and clear.

I commend you for caring about this topic, and I serve hundreds of thousands of Nicaraguans exile community in my district.

So, in other words, if you think about it, the American authorities are facilitating the traffickers to keep their preys. Don't you think this is embarrassing?

65 percent of the Guatemalans do not trust the government.

$4 billion in direct cash payments to Central America. I agree with you that we should have a marshal plan in place for the area.

This 4 billion package does not include security cooperation agreements.

But you do not have one penny in this $4 billion package that will do that.

We have been talking about child sex trafficking, which is, I am sure you know, one of the fastest-growing international crimes in the world.

But it is not happening. It is not happening, and there is no money to it.

Corruption. We have been talking about corruption. It starts when the police force stops doing its job and loses credibility.

1 out of $10 in Honduras goes to the hands of corruption or to corrupt politicians or to the drug cartels.

However, the contracting community has raised several concerns with the DoD's strategy.