"Last week, the Consumer Price Index hit another historic level of 9.1 percent, the highest 12-month gain since 1981."
"Inflation is raging across all industries which means higher prices for smaller businesses and the customers."
"As our economy approaches potentially a recession, it is important for our Committee to examine how the SBA can better support small businesses on the ground."
"My biggest concern, obviously, as the founder of the Election Integrity Caucus and someone who has been through this, why are we tasking a nonpartisan organization to get involved in partisan work out..."
"The nonpartisan nature of the SBA is so critically important to its mission."
"So in education, how do we get them to weather the storm through these rising costs?"
"I cannot imagine trying to explain what you have to explain for this administration."
"Our small businesses are suffering under incredible inflation."
"The inflation rate is now even higher than our sales tax burden."
"We see the small business at a huge disadvantage."
"I would just wish he would please, to our small business community which provides 94 percent of the jobs in our community, stop playing the blame game."
"I introduced a bill called the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act, and that was to address this imbalance."