I spent the last 30 days traveling Indiana's best district--that is the Ninth District--and I had many memorable conversations with many Hoosiers. But one thing came through, and that was we need to work together right here in D.C. in order to get better outcomes for our businesses back home. Nowhere is this better exemplified than this bill, the Improving Access to Capital Act. It is about getting small businesses engaged and empowered with the capital that they need in order to grow, in order to hire, in order to invest. That is exactly what we want them to do. And on the second point, it is exciting to me to be able to reach across the aisle and work with Representative Sinema, who has been nothing but great in her leadership in her fervent desire to help small businesses all the way across this country. The Improving Access to Capital Act sounds like it might be something esoteric, and sounds like it might be something that isn't immediately practical to the small businesses across the Ninth District and across this country, but, in fact, it is something that they can use tomorrow. This creates another avenue for small businesses across the country to be able to raise the money that they need in order to innovate, in order to grow, in order to expand, in order to hire more Americans. This is just simply another arrow in the quiver for them to be able to grow and develop.…
Trey Hollingsworth: “I spent the last 30 days traveling Indiana's best district--that is the Ninth District--and I had many memorable…”
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