Bob Menendez: “I come to the floor to strongly support the legislation before the Senate on behalf of small businesses in this country.…”

“I come to the floor to strongly support the legislation before the Senate on behalf of small businesses in this country. They are the greatest generators of jobs in the country. We hear that so often from our colleagues on the other side of the aisle. This is something on which we agree. They are the greatest generators of jobs in the country. So when we are trying to get people back to work, let's help them help us collectively in putting more Americans back to work. That is what this legislation is all about. We have talked a lot about protecting Main Street, and now this bill gives us the opportunity to do exactly that. It gives communities the guarantees they need to get lending started again, to put money into our engines of job growth, and all without any pay-go implications. That is a good bill. I wish to thank our distinguished colleague from Louisiana, Senator Landrieu, the chair of the Small Business Committee, for her hard work in putting this important legislation together, as well as the ranking member of the committee, Senator Snowe, for her work on the bill and particularly her past work with me on community development financial institutions or what we commonly call CDFIs.”