Suzanne M. Kosmas: “I really respect your visionary perspective on what can happen and should happen as we move forward.”

Mr. Speaker, last Friday, the House approved H.R. 5297, the Small Business Lending Fund Act, which creates important programs designed to increase access to capital for small businesses and which allows them to create new jobs. The bill…

We need to invest in our veterans' health care.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about this crucial bill, H.R. 5569, the National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2010, which would extend the National Flood Insurance Program through the end of September this year. The flood…

Thank you very much. I thank you for yielding and for hosting this important forum on small business. I appreciate the picture that has been painted here on the large issues nationally and how they are affecting our economy, but I come to…