Pete Stauber

We all know child care is a pressing issue for many individuals in my district, and I am grateful to have the opportunity to be a part of this conversation this morning.

Opportunity Zones are a huge deal for Northern Minnesota. With over 30 Opportunity Zones in my district alone, we are making sure rural America knows and that rural America matters.

I think that I just want to echo--Madam Chair, you talked about safety being the number one priority.

Many of these drivers are immigrants, middle-class parents taking on a second job, students saving for college, and maybe a retiree making some spending money.

I want to thank Chairman Lipinski for holding this hearing, and I want to thank our witnesses for attending.

As this committee prepares to reauthorize surface transportation programs, it is critically important for commuter rail agencies to continue to look for ways to improve service while reducing costs.

Today we are going to learn about some of the challenges and opportunities faced by our Nation's commuter railroads.

One of the comments that we seem to get in the Small Business Committee is some of these applications can be tedious and cumbersome and really hard to navigate so it is nice to see that it is starting to become less intrusive on the small…

The government is, or at least should be here to assist in times of need, not hold your hand cradle to grave.

The 8(a) is a hand up, not a handout.

He said had he known the importance of that high-speed broadband, reliable, he would not have placed his business in rural Minnesota.

I think you folks are at the ground level to help us get that mapping right.

It is important for our community. We are going on 30 years, and it is not easy, especially when you have the ability to have more of a return on your investment.

Rural America matters. Rural Minnesota, rural Maine matters.

The name on the front of the jersey means more than the name on the back.

For me, one driver on a schoolbus is too much, one in this entire country because the safety of our kids is paramount.

And a knife sharpening company in Ely, Minnesota, told me they were able to invest in new sharpening equipment thanks in part to the Tax Cut and Jobs Act which doubled section 179 that allows businesses to expense equipment.

There is a brewery in Two Harbors which shared with me that they were able to save thousands of dollars because the Federal tax on a barrel of beer was cut in half, close to $60,000.

They were able to save thousands of dollars because the Federal tax on a barrel of beer was cut in half.

They were able to invest in new sharpening equipment thanks in part to the Tax Cut and Jobs Act.

I want to say thanks to Representatives John Garamendi and Pete Stauber for introducing the Cabin Air Safety Act.

To me, it does not make sense. And as Ms. Guadarrama talked about, they have a subcontractor that is awarded the bid with the prime and then they ask for the last best or bring another contractor in there, assuming they are going to be…

You know, the Federal Government has long stood by the policy that government should aid, counsel, assist, and protect the interests of small businesses...

For the Federal Government to not pay you for 150 days, and sometimes even longer because you missed checking a box or what have you, that is outrageous.

There is nothing more important than protecting and serving our small businesses across this Nation