Nydia Velázquez

I am committed to improving the Small Business Administration's programs to ensure they are effectively serving our nation's heroes.

Thank you. The gentleman yields back, and we recognize Mr. Hern, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access from Oklahoma.

This is about economic recovery. This is a moonshot opportunity for the people of Puerto Rico...

Promises were made, and still here we are with a hospital that is not operational...

I come from Puerto Rico. I live in Puerto Rico, and I grew up in Puerto Rico.

Puerto Ricans should be confident that the Board's bankruptcy advisors do not have their thumb on the scale to favor certain debts where they have a self-interest and ensure integrity in the PROMESA process.

I am amazed, frustrated. Just I do not understand why it has taken this long, two years, and the hurricane season is right--it started in July.

I would like to know what you are doing and what plans do you have to facilitate local contracting?

In the interest of fairness for Puerto Rico's people and for the impartiality in restructuring and thereby securing Puerto Rico's future, we must pass H.R. 683 and close this loophole.

the people of Puerto Rico are subjected to the delay, putting lives at risk once again.

My bill would help investors accomplish this by requiring public companies to report the gender, racial, and ethnic composition of their boards in their annual proxy statements.

Increasing diversity on corporate boards is not just a social issue; studies show that it is very, very good for business.

Clearly, something needs to change.

Women make up 47 percent of the workforce in America, yet they hold only 21 percent of board seats at S&P 500 companies.

So should SBA and the VA enter into a partnership designed to enhance entrepreneurial and employment opportunities for veterans in the legitimate cannabis industry?

public sentiment is everything.

As the Ranking Member and I always say, there are no Republican small businesses nor Democratic small businesses, only American small businesses.

I am grateful for the opportunity to thank Chairwoman Velazquez in person for her co-sponsorship of this legislation.

There are many ways in which servicers can thwart the efforts, the very determined efforts of public servants to fulfill their responsibilities.

Not a common standard, a bill of rights.

I believe it should be doing more to provide financing opportunities for businesses in Puerto Rico and the other U.S. territories.

I believe the Bank can improve in this area as well.

It is a commitment from the Bank to make it a priority, because after all, most exporters are small businesses.

The loss of the quorum was devastating for many of our large and small businesses.

the immigrant story is the American story, and it is a story that has fueled entrepreneurship in this country for centuries.