Sam Graves actually said...

"Thank you, Madam Chair, for holding this important hearing to consider legislative changes to the SBA's capital access programs."

"Should we have a greater emphasis on expanding capital and credit to manufacturers and, for that matter, any business that is going to improve the trade deficit?"

"access to credit and capital is critical to small businesses and to our American economy."

"With no capital available to these small businesses, we're going to have a record number of people that have either gone out, or are on the verge of going out."