Do you have a similar concern about the affordability in your State?

We have the LIHEAP Program for other utilities, and you mentioned in your testimony, Ms. Powell, that you have used the COVID relief funds that were provided under HHS.

I just hope that you can add some expertise as to how we can have a structure that can provide the future needs for the customers in the Baltimore region.

The United States' financial sanctions and visa restrictions--rolled out at an unprecedented pace--placed significant pressure on political and economic elites who finance gang leaders and foment the ongoing crises in Haiti.

That is why I introduced the Haiti Criminal Collusion and Transparency Act, which has the support of over a dozen Haitian civil society and diaspora groups, to expose the links between these actors and ensure both Haitian gangs and their sponsors are targeted for economic sanctions and visa restrictions.

We have to be proactive in being there in the first instance, but then when the PRC is taking punitive action against a country because of its geopolitical stance that is consistent with U.S. policy, we certainly do not want them to be intimidated by PRC.

Last month, for example, I introduced the Women's Business Center Improvement Act, which would increase federal support to women's business centers.

I have traveled with the chairman to countries in our hemisphere that were hooked into China's debt because there is no other option, they thought.

We are taking steps to try to respond to many of the concerns that you have already expressed.

We have a responsibility as the Chair and Ranking Member of the Small Business Committee to modernize and update and oversight the small business laws of our nation and unfortunately that hasn't been done for a long time.

As Chair of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, one of my highest priorities is to ensure that our nation taps into the entrepreneurial spirit.