"With that, I want to thank you all for participating today. This Committee is going to continue to make sure that the small businesses are a priority for the U.S. Trade Representative during international trade negotiations."
"I am honored to be here today, and many thanks to Chairman Graves and this committee."
"Ensuring that all SBA initiatives are well run and free of fraud and abuse is essential not only to the small businesses they serve directly, but also to the taxpayers who are responsible for footing ..."
"I therefore look forward to hearing the witness and thank her for being here today."
"And my time has expired, Mr. Chairman. I yield back. Thank you, ladies."
"Small business owners have to balance their books every single year, and if necessary that includes eliminating unnecessary costs."
"the SBA, in its budget proposal, makes no effort to eliminate wasteful and overlapping programs that would contribute to reducing that federal deficit."
"It is clear that small businesses and our economy can come out winners if we approach tax reform in a comprehensive manner."
"It is a tax I believe we must eliminate and I co-sponsored a bipartisan bill called the Protect Medical Innovation Act to do away with that tax."
"I am proud of the Small Business Committee's accomplishments in the last Congress."
"This job is made significantly more difficult because the President has not complied with his statutory responsibility to deliver a budget by the first week of February."