Political Quotes

“let me salute Senator Cardin and Senator Shaheen for bringing this measure to the floor and forcing our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to relent, who, originally, of course, wanted to block this bill all day long. It is going to benefit two groups of people. The first, very simply, are those businesses whose businesses had gone bad in the last few months. When this proposal was passed, plain and simple, the economy everyone thought, might get better sooner. It hasn't, and there are large numbers of businesses that are going to need to apply now. Had this program run out today, they would have been out of luck. Now, with this renewal, in short time, August 8, they at least get the chance to reapply. But there is a second group. This program was rolled out very poorly by the administration. We all know that. We had to come back and fix it twice. There are many businesses in New York and elsewhere that applied initially and were rejected or that went to their bank and their banks said no because this program was not aimed at helping the smaller businesses by the administration, as they rolled it out. The guidance that was supposed to be issued--and all the other things that happened--didn't happen. There are many businesses that were rejected the first time. I talked to many in New York in the last few weeks: Can I apply again?…”