I rise in support of H.R. 3479, the National Aviation Capacity Expansion Act. I want to thank the gentlemen from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) and (Mr. Lipinski) and other members of the Illinois delegation and the surrounding region for their hard…

I also note that the amended bill is silent on reducing the frequency of small business reporting which would lessen paperwork burdens on small businesses. Since H.R. 327 is primarily intended to reduce paperwork burdens, should not OMB…

Finally, I would like to clarify one point. H.R. 327 as introduced required OMB to annually publish a list of requirements applicable to small businesses organized by North American Industrial Classification System, NAICS, codes and…

under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, the families of any police officer, federal law enforcement officer, parole officer and firefighter, killed in the line of duty are entitled to compensation. These unsung heros…

we hear statements today that it only applies to 10,000, it only applies to 33,000 people. Do my colleagues know how many farmers are left in this country? Not too many. This applies to most of them. One of them is Gary Hall of Ogle…

I want to congratulate the conferees, particularly my subcommittee chairman and friend, the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Bereuter), for coming up with a good bill that will support our Nation's small manufacturing exporters. Ex-Im is one…

Mr. Speaker, 2 weeks ago we celebrated National Small Business Week and the entrepreneurial spirit that makes this Nation great. Small business drives our Nation's economy and the heart of our communities. Small businesses account for 99.7…

our Nation's small manufacturer exporters are hurting across the Nation. The main city in the district I represent, Rockford, Illinois, has an economy based on 35 percent manufacturing, double the average of most U.S. cities. They already…

Mr. Speaker, the purpose of this bill is to keep venture capital flowing to small businesses during this critical time to our Nation's economic recovery. The main purpose of S. 1196 is to adjust the fees charged to participate in security…

as we debate trade authority, let's not forget the fastest growing and most exciting segment of American exporters--our small business exporters. Trade Promotion Authority surely will assist our negotiators in lowering barriers for this…

While many Americans are justifiably anxious about a one-half percent jump in the unemployment rate, about 60 percent of our Native American population lives in or adjacent to Indian lands that suffer from an average unemployment rate of…

of the many Federal regulations with which colleges and universities are required to comply, one of the most onerous is that associated with the HOPE scholarship and lifetime learning tax credit. Originally enacted as part of the Taxpayer…

This amendment simply gives the flexibility to the SBA administrator to use leftover funds already appropriated to also go towards a 7(a) and 504 loan program. There is sufficient authorization already in place to cover the expected…

I rise in support of S. 1196, the Small Business Investment Company Amendments Act of 2001. This is a fairly straightforward bill--it will keep venture capital flowing to small businesses during this critical time in our nation's economic…

the purpose is so that the 7(a) program and the 504 program, it will reduce fees in both those programs effective on October of next year; but the overall bill is important because it continues the SBIC programs going. Congress will soon…

Renewing Trade Promotion Authority for the President is vitally important for small business exporters. Many will be surprised to learn that 97 percent of all U.S. exporters are small businesses and that 69 percent of all U.S. exporters…

The purpose of H.R. 1860 is to amend the Small Business Act to extend the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, more familiarly known as the STTR Program, through the end of September 2009. Under present law, the STTR program will…

I rise to address my concerns with this bill, H.R. 1886, which would alter the current process for third parties in a patent reexamination request. As the chairman of the Committee on Small Business, I have concerns that small inventors…

10 years ago a patriot from Freeport, Illinois, named Dan Steele went off to war in Iraq to fight for the American people and protect the freedoms this country has known for more than 200 years. During the buildup in the Gulf, Dan's leg…

So often we hear people saying, well, look at all the things that government can do for businesses. I would like to ask the gentleman what in his mind he envisions when he hears that question asked.

I was in a position years ago, as an attorney in Ogle County, Illinois, when a family had to sell half the 640 in order to keep the 320, just to pay the death taxes. That is not nice. That was before there was the unlimited marital…

There is about $40 billion a year worth of all types of procurement coming from the Department of Defense; a good percentage of that is clothing. I know that your heart was hurting over the fact that 3- or 400 people lost their jobs.

And being it is a small town in a rural county, it is very difficult to find work elsewhere.

It is just something that the small businesses have been trying and trying for the longest period of time to get, and it has had a very difficult time getting through. Hopefully, it will get through this year. On this bipartisan bill, as…

If we just increase the exemption, then the next Congress can come back and lower it way back again. Back in 1992, before I was elected to Congress, there was a bill that was introduced that would lower the then-exemption from $400,000 to…