That clearly is a real obstacle to our recovery, obviously, in States like ours, but States across the country.
Ultimately, it is America's small businesses, and American workers, who suffer the most.
Well, at this point, in order for them to expand it, they would need support from the Federal Government to do that given the economic crisi...
I had a conversation yesterday with a banker in Michigan who was right on point with what we are talking about in terms of collateral.
I continue to hear from small businesses in my State who can't access credit to grow their company.
Well, thank you very much, Senator Merkley and Senator Brown, for convening what is a very important meeting, a very important hearing.
We know what it means for businesses that are looking for credit.
It's important to separate the large financial institutions that benefited from TARP from the vast majority of banks.
I commend you and Senator Merkley for all you are doing here to get these small businesses the kind of support that they need and that is so...
Are we properly budgeting to carry out the activities that we've been talking about today?
I think one of the big questions for me is, How do we move much more quickly and much more focused on that as a long-term solution?