"I do want to encourage you to look into ways that you can push forward, access to capital for those types of investments."
"This is also on Congress. It has been since the 1990s when this program was put forward and, you know, oversight is our role."
"The sad thing is, as I often hear as I talk to small business owners, well, did you ever think about reaching out to SBA about this?"
"I appreciate that very much. And obviously, that would be important to avoid that kind of unfair bias."
"Good. Good. That just seems like a common, that you can hold yourself to the standard you would hold other, some of your clients to would be important."
"I think that the growing distrust out there in the general public is about this concern about information and who has control over it."
"I guess we have heard from some people back home in Maine who are concerned that that may not be the case."
"Thank you, Madam Chair."
"I think a lot of you know this too--is huge. In fact, the Gulf of Maine is, I think, unique in its ability to produce wind power offshore."
"Of course, we would have to talk about how to get that energy into the grid, but beyond that, I think a lot of lobstermen and also machinists in Maine are rightfully concerned about how that offshore ..."
"I wanted to point out some things going on in Maine for your alliance to look into."