We need to enact aggressive policies that ease the credit conditions facing small businesses and get our economy back on track.
There is legislation I introduced called the IMPACT Act, which would set up a Federal revolving loan fund.
Solving this credit crisis on Main Street is going to require multiple strategies.
We have to do more to make sure that companies like Kitchen Kaboodle can gain access to credit.
I would love to know what has been done, what the plan is to continue with that effort. Have we realized any savings?
I believe, similarly to you, Madam Chairman, that if we don't do it, they will--if we don't draw the line in the sand, it will not get done.
I find, being here over 100 days now, that the biggest problem we have is people just need to make decisions and stick to them.
Our SECTORS Act, our legislation is basically founded on, as Senator Enzi suggested, that it is from the bottom up.
Americans are disgusted that Wall Street can make or break our economy. So am I.
I applaud the Chairman for holding two hearings on this proposal this week.
I sent a letter to Treasury letting them know of my concern about the TARP program being used to fund bank consolidation.