Jerry Moran

I want to make sure that we follow up and work together to figure out how we address this issue that's apparently particularly Kansas oriented.

In the absence of a Presidential declaration, a Governor's declaration of a disaster is sufficient for you to provide loan services to those affected by that disaster?

I look forward to--assuming that you're willing--to follow up with you and see if we can't help in that regard.

At the same time, we need to grow our economy. And we need to make certain that the opportunities are there for small business and entrepreneurs to succeed.

The key to our country's future of success is the ability of entrepreneurs and small businessmen and women to succeed.

In my view, the regulatory burden that community banks are facing, increasing the cost of being in business...

You created the environment by which Target now believes it can succeed, as compared to providing any kind of direct benefit to Target.

The food deserts are an important aspect--and again, I would--of something we're trying to make certain it doesn't continue.

I wanted to make certain that there is not an unnecessary delay in this consolidation.

And the advantage to the person who suffers the disaster is the certainty of the availability of credit and a lower interest rate than would presumably be available elsewhere?

I think this comes from information that you provided.

I just returned from Kansas over the weekend--Reading, Kansas--saw the tornado damage there; a small town of about 270 folks with half the homes destroyed.

The American economy is facing many difficult challenges, and we need to get our country moving again.

Economic development can be whether or not there's a grocery store in town.

I have heard, from Kansas bankers, some frustration with the level of services provided by the SBA.

The recent Government Accountability Office report indicates that there is perhaps duplication between FEMA and SBA in programs.

I'm not satisfied that there are such a low number of CDFIs in the State of Kansas.

There's also another, in fact, perhaps more enjoyable way of helping us reduce our deficit, and that's putting people to work.

I think just to reinforce what both Senator Crapo and Senator Toomey said, this is an opportunity and a challenge in terms of getting this right.

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