Carolyn McCarthy: “I also believe very, very strongly as we, many of us have been working on reducing gun violence, a strong component of…”

Small businesses are the engine of our Nation's economy, and by enhancing their access to credit and lending opportunities, jobs will be created.

I think that, you know, while this committee can do some work to make schools safer from gun violence, you know, my personal belief is that we need to do something in tandem with trying to reduce gun violence outside the school.

cutting $86 billion for Pell Grants is going to hurt everybody, and I certainly hope that you continue to fight that as we go forward on this.

the federal data grossly underestimates the extent of school violence.