09/19/2023
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"I remember growing up here. We used to just be able to drive through the base, and obviously, after September 11th, that is no longer doable."
"But it is even just difficult for us to get small business owners down to D.C. to testify because they have got their business to run."
"Like we absolutely want to make sure that we have local workers having a fair shot at the type of projects that are going on."
"That just sounds so frustrating about how, you know, a business--a veteran-owned business, how they have to get certifications, you said, from the VA and then from elsewhere."