Olympia Snowe actually said...

Just to clarify the issue of the short-term and the long-term data gap, does it depend... on the question of funding only?

Snowe seeks clarification on funding's role in data gaps.

11/15/2011

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The Administration opposed direct lending as well. It essentially did not want the government to become a bank.

If banks have only maintained the 12 percent trend that is already occurring, they can lock-in on an interest rate of 1 percent.

What is your response to that? ... we want to make sure that smaller entities, smaller businesses, are having access to these loans?

Now, perhaps more than ever, we will rely on small business to lead us out of our continued economic morass as they have done time and time ...