03/01/2011
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"Nearly 90 Members of Congress--from both parties and chambers--have written in support of increasing this competitive funding pot to 5 percent of title IIa."
"It is just important that we continue to press forward on that accelerator."
"I have made it one of my priorities as Chair of this committee to do what I can."
"It is clear to me that small businesses need reliable and non-predatory financing opportunities in both the debt and equity market in order to start, to grow, and to succeed."