David Vitter

I would disagree with any suggestion that they are listening to small business. It is two very different things.

I commend you and thank you for recognizing the need for some additional SBREFA panels, specifically Fish and Wildlife, which I agree with.

So, that concern is based on GAO being Congressionally based?

I do not want to cut you off

It has become much more challenging for the owner of a small firm to shift his or her time and energy and money away from growing a business in order to comply with over-demanding regulations, particularly those that have increased under…

I can tell you from Louisiana there were four major chemical manufacturing projects under active consideration for Baton Rouge.

After EPA first proposed lowering the ozone standard in December 2014, those were canceled.

I think it is very clear to all of us that there were multiple failures of government at multiple levels with regard to this issue.

The Recovery Opportunity Loan Program in the RISE Act has a good opportunity for success

I want to thank both of you and your agencies for your response recently in Louisiana. It has been very proactive and very aggressive, and we appreciate that.

Your bipartisan leadership has enabled SBA to reopen loan application processes this year for those still working to rebuild in Sandy's aftermath.

I also want to thank Chairman Vitter, Senator Booker, and the members of the Committee for your passion and persistence on behalf of the survivors of Superstorm Sandy.

Although Louisiana knows better than anyone the challenges of rebuilding after a storm, the historic flooding we saw left nearly half the state under a FEMA disaster declaration, with even more parishes qualifying for SBA assistance.

Thank you all for joining me today for the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee's Hearing on recent disaster recovery efforts and SBA's progress in implementing the Recovery Improvements for Small Entities After Disaster…

Well, just for the record, humans are animals too, so I hope we get equal footing in the future.

I have raised significant concerns about the safe operation of this technology and it is crucial that the Federal Aviation Administration, the FAA, develops regulations to promote a culture of safety and compliance for the growing number…

I am hopeful that today's conversation will bring us closer to finding that right balance between the safe integration of drones in the national airspace and moving forward with economic development, not stifling small business innovation…

The FAA's failure to meet regulatory deadlines has limited the growth of the commercial drone industry.

Thank you very much, and thanks to all of you. This was a great discussion because of your background and experience in your testimony.

I am really concerned about is the extent to which we are really taking a public resource and privatizing it.

We are absolutely committed to sound science and sound management.

Updating the outdated collection strategies and allocation levels is an urgent matter

It is clear that federal authorities are not taking into account the effects their decisions have not only on anglers, but on thousands and thousands of small businesses

Federal management authorities weigh the priorities of the few over the public

For those of us born and raised in Louisiana, we share an inherent appreciation of our state's abundant natural resources, certainly including fisheries.