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On the recordJune 24, 2010
This effort on the part of the Small Business Administration is crucial to change these programs, to lift their limits, provide some support for them to be able to help reach out and support our small business growth throughout the country. The White House has worked very hard on this $30 billion capital infusion to the banks. The Independent Bankers of America supports the $30 billion in additional capital that would be available to them, again, not for lending on Wall Street or Fancy Street but on Main Street where the Senator from Michigan and I come from, to get money into the hands of small businesses. It is imperative particularly for women-owned and minority-owned businesses that have been particularly hard hit by this recession. Some of the provisions reach right to those disadvantaged neighborhoods in our country that need the most help right now in creating jobs for people of every different walk of life.
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Mary Landrieu
Democratic · Louisiana
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Jun 24, 2010

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The speaker discusses the importance of supporting small businesses and the impact of a proposed capital infusion.

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