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On the recordMarch 29, 2023
Madam President, I want to thank Senator Lujan for his leadership on behalf of small businesses. Senator Lujan is absolutely right. There are a lot of areas that are not necessarily within the jurisdiction of the Small Business Committee that directly affect small businesses, and one of those is access to broadband. Senator Lujan understands that for small businesses to succeed, they have to have access to affordable, high-speed internet. And Senator Lujan has also been critically important in so many of the other areas--challenges that we have confronted, particularly during COVID. So I just want to thank him for his leadership on behalf of small businesses and the people of New Mexico. We are joined on the floor by Senator Rosen, and I just want everyone to know of her valuable contributions to the Small Business Committee. She has been one of the leaders during these 2 years with the record I just went over of accomplishments under the Biden administration. But she is a real leader in recognizing that, if we are going to succeed with women entrepreneurs, we need to deal with childcare, and, today, small business tools are not fully available to small business operators of childcare. Senator Rosen is our leader in trying to make sure that we correct that and do something about it.…
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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