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On the recordDecember 1, 2023
I will not yield. It will allow lenders to help tailor their products and services to meet their borrower's needs and spur additional investment in small businesses without creating another government program. If you are for smaller government spending, look right here. Let's remedy this situation where we have empirical data that minority women, small businesses, female-owned businesses, and rural businesses do not have the same access to affordable capital. It has been 13 long years. We cannot reverse course now. To do so would be an insult to the minority-owned businesses that are counting on our support. Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this resolution.
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Nydia M. Velazquez
New York
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