Ben Cardin actually said...

"I congratulate the Chairman for his connecting community legislation pilot program that you authored."

"I concur in your observations about the ability of the SBA to stand up these programs and to implement them."

"Well, we need to work on that, and I hope that you will try to fine-tune this as to who is benefiting from the current program, who has been left out, and how much more we need in order to carry out t..."

"Well, a six-day processing time is certainly very reasonable, so I am glad to hear that."