"I suggested that maybe the SBA and the USDA could work more in partnership."
"I support the goals of the program. I want to try to make sure that the quality of this program and the effectiveness is made stronger."
"I think that we have to very strongly consider the flexibility required in our laws today to try to accommodate as many of the families' choices that are very tough choices that these families are mak..."
"North Louisiana has been especially hard hit, in particular, in the last year alone, with more than 2,000 manufacturing-related layoffs."
"I understand that there is a requirement, I believe, a 30,000 gap in the number of nurses required in Louisiana right now."
"we will never find our way out of this recession unless we are aggressively identifying creditworthy emerging businesses."
"the recovery package--and President Obama and his administration feel very strongly about this and have invested $7 billion for the Nation."
"Under education and training, the State has received $718 million through the Economic Recovery Act for education and training."
"I hope that the series of these hearings will help develop some strategy and call attention to some of these issues."
"It seems to me that a very smart strategy might be to eliminate whatever barriers and obstacles there are right now to training nurses required to meet that requirement."
"we are absorbing the risk and are in a position to be able to do it."