Main Street has been waiting for a year and a half. We have had bill after bill, amendment after amendment. What I heard this morning from the minority leader was very positive. He said: All we need is just a few more amendments. I asked what ``a few'' was. Was that two or three or four or five? That answer never came. I am assuming that ``a few'' is a few, and if we work hard over the next few hours and come up with a few, Main Street could win because this bill is about Main Street and businesses on Main Street. It is not about Wall Street. It is not about big banks. It is about small community banks and the small businesses in our country that are desperate for help. This bill has $12 billion in tax cuts for small business, not big business. This bill has a $30 billion lending program that is voluntary, with no restrictions for small banks, not big banks.
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The speaker discusses the importance of supporting small businesses and Main Street in ongoing legislative efforts.
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