This is actually going to help communities like mine and working people all across the country and all across the State of New Jersey really thrive and succeed.

This is obviously an extremely important subject. We know that nursing home safety has been a critical part of dealing with COVID-19.

We lost an opportunity in the Trans-Pacific Partnership to be in unity with the Asian countries and Pacific countries in a policy that could have isolated China's influence on the trade front.

Our industry is encouraged by your recognition that CDFIs are best positioned to drive PPP to businesses owned by people of color, businesses owned by women, and many underserved by the mainstream financial markets.

Thank you, Chairman Cardin and Ranking Member Paul and members of the Committee for the opportunity to be here today.

Unfortunately, SBA did not do that, which led the SBA inspector general to issue a report that found the SBA's implementation of PPP did not fully align with the congressional intent in the CARES Act.

I think we need to do more work in that arena.

So I guess my question to all of us is that, obviously, a lot of this can be done administratively, but we in Congress might need to take a look at policies that reflect that.

President Biden has made it clear that our foreign policy is going to be wrapped in our values.

The goal of the PPP was simple: help employers keep their employees on payroll during the pandemic so our economy can rebound more quickly afterwards.

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This has been a bipartisan effort to try to evolve the program to meet the current needs.

I think Congress has the power to change the laws across the country.

This is, certainly, a critically important subject when we talk about strategic competition with China.

I was proud last month when the Biden administration came out with certain guidelines and made it easier for businesses in underserved communities to be able to get those loans.

We recognized that certain communities were not treated as well as we wanted them to.

It would certainly be much stronger if we worked with our allies in a common strategy.

This was very much a bipartisan effort.

We need to make sure that we do focus on the needs of smaller companies.

Manufacturing is critically important to Maryland and our Nation.

It is virtually impossible for us to have that if we do not harmonize with the rest of the world.

We should be talking about how we can take advantage of the American reliance on governmental services.

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