"I was a New Yorker, I am a New Yorker and was a member of the New York City Council during the 9/11 event."
"I am just hoping that we can do a maintenance of effort and somewhat enhance, as well."
"It is extremely daunting to do business with government."
"We can also use this same concept in our at-risk communities because you are not going to have the startup costs."
"What we need to do is start to look at public land to create incubators for these individuals."
"We need money to really get the word out from a grassroots level that we are there, that we are competent."
"That creates a microeconomic stimulus plan, because now the money is circulating within our distressed communities."
"We are also at looking at some of the standards from the hub zone as it relates to the address of the business."
"We need to bring the Small Business Administration to its core mission."
"So the question is, is this a 21st century model?"
"We know that small businesses are the job creators."