Richard Durbin actually said...

It's terrific to hear, firsthand, your experience with these Federal agencies, and demystify some of this regulatory gobbledygook.

it is vitally important that the $227 million in the President's fiscal 2012 budget requested for the CDFI Fund is appropriated.

What a great story.

In my hometown of East St. Louis, Illinois, it was literally a food desert for the 25,000 or 30,000 people living there.