Nydia Velázquez: “It is clear that our committee needs to closely examine these practices.”

America's 33 million small businesses are the cornerstones of our local economies.

I am concerned with the growing trend of booster collectives steering the largest deal to the top athletes in football and men's basketball.

I commend Mr. Phillips and Mr. Meuser for their bipartisan work on H.R. 1651, the Small Business 7(a) Loan Agent Transparency Act.

Of particular concern to me are the barriers that women, minority, and rural entrepreneurs face each and every day.