"Thank you, Madam Chairman. And thank you for holding this meeting on the Small Business Administration's Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program, popularly known as the EIDL Program."
"We really didn't have much, if any, input."
"Unfortunately, COVID-19 made its way to our shores. As a result, a huge number of America's small businesses, coast to coast, were forced to close their doors and turn off their lights."
"Thank you, Madam Chair."
"injecting some of the private sector and competition into the government... which tends not to be... a little less efficient."
"There was still, I think, a considerable need, demand, for non-ag small businesses who needed these EIDL loans."
"I do think it is longer than that."
"I have heard from many small businesses and numerous Members of Congress about the lack of communication coming from the SBA, with regard to the EIDL Program specifically."
"At the beginning of the year, the Nation's economy and the country's small businesses were reaching new heights."
"We definitely would want to work with you on that, and I think both sides."
"the EIDL loan program was not open to agriculture or farming originally, and then we passed legislation to open it up to the ag community."