Brad Schneider

The SBA's Economic Injury Disaster Loan, the EIDL program is a vital lifeline for businesses in a crisis.

However, not all local governments around the country have the resources to conduct similar air testing, underscoring how important it is that this funding remains for dozens of communities around the country.

I am deeply thankful that this subcommittee stepped up last year in the absence of EPA leadership and increased funding for EPA's Compliance Account.

I have been pushing the EPA to conduct ambient air monitoring in my district similar to what the Agency did in 2018 in Willowbrook, Illinois.

We need to make sure that we are providing two levels I think of support.

If you do not feel well, please stay home for all of us. It is critical.

It is important for us to be the public face, to make sure that we are communicating with our constituents.

I am pleased that in the House last week we initiated, and we passed $8.3 billion.

I am strongly urging this subcommittee to once again fund this critical program.

I appreciate the opportunity to be before you to testify.

I am working to pass the STRANDED Act, which would help communities like Zion.

Currently, Lake Michigan levels are more than 4 feet above average levels.

I am advocating that the subcommittee consider expanding section 219 authority to include Lake County.

I urge the subcommittee to make climate resiliency a top priority.

I strongly support funding to address the damage wrought by high lake levels, and invest in long-term approaches to prevent this damage in the future.

I urge the committee to make climate resiliency a top priority.

Wisconsin, to attract Foxconn, built a major facility there, irresponsibly waived critical environmental reviews, risking exacerbated downstream flooding in our communities.

In fact, in just the past number of years, we have faced three 100-year floods.

I wish you much success as we continue to work to support, nurture, and grow our small business sector.

Yet, anti-Semitism is just as dangerous today as it was then, and a key lesson of the Holocaust is more important than ever, that in the face of a dramatic rise in anti-Semitism, we must not--indeed, cannot--remain silent. This act is a…

I am proud to be a cosponsor of this bill.

I am proud of the initiative our SBDC, particularly its director, Mitch Bienvenue, has undertaken by designing and offering this program.

Mentorship can play a vital role in the success of entrepreneurs and citizens returning to society after serving time.

This legislation, and the legislation that we just voted on, the 'Prison to Proprietorship Act,' will empower those leaving the federal prison system.

What a powerful force that can be, both for those individuals, as well as their communities.