Nydia Velázquez: “The poor and unbanked need pesos. They need dollars so that they can buy something at a local store.”

So, make no mistake, the real issue in this hearing is not CEQ's small budget request, it is, unfortunately, an attempt by some of my colleagues across the aisle and their big corporate donors, to undermine the Council's ability to protect…

It is a disservice to our nation's small firms to oversimplify this issue, as a mere consequence of federal spending.

Republicans want to cut vital food and healthcare support programs to pay for a tax cut for billionaires and large corporations. The GOP wants working families to pay for their billionaire handouts.

Let me remind you; when it comes to small businesses, there is not a republican or a democratic approach to it.