Carolyn Bourdeaux: “It is clear from today's testimony that more work needs to be done to ensure that, in the long term, we have a supply…”

More than doubling the current Federal minimum wage over the next 5 years, we are asking small businesses to really bear the entire burden.

It is my hope that this program will enable more immigrant-owned businesses to get the information and resources that they need to help them recover and prosper in the years to come.

We need to restructure for the long haul as opposed to just give short shots of funding.

While I will not be here, I am here to express my support for strengthening Pay-As-You-Go rules and restoring a sense of fiscal discipline in Congress.