Blaine Luetkemeyer: “Many of these programs included the Paycheck Protection Program, PPP, which proved to be a lifeline during many months…”

I thank the chairman for yielding and thank him for managing the floor today. I was supposed to do that, and I got stuck in a snowstorm and slid all the way here, but I am here and glad to be here. Before us today are a number of bills…

I can tell you I was part of the group that put the PPP program together. And I can tell you I was very strenuous in my concerns about allowing the fintech companies in.

Anything less is unacceptable.

You ignore the advice from the report that you actually requested and paid for from the accountants.