You literally are one of the nicest people in this institution on either side, and it matters to a lot of us.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, the Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP as many of us refer to it, has been shut down now for over 50 days. That is nearly 2 months that small businesses have been unable to…

Journalists speak truth to power. And unfortunately, too often those in power rely on force, instead of argument or reform, to shut down that criticism.

America's food system has been hit particularly hard.

The 10 o'clock, what we have heard and it has been on the news and written about, and I know the businesses are feeling this.

Since March, our Nation's way of life has been disrupted due to COVID-19.

Today's hearing will provide much needed context to these experiences because if we better understand the why, we can better prepare for the future.

My district, we are down at the bottom of the state. You are Columbus, I think, and I am Cincinnati.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you very much.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, it has now been over 46 days since the Paycheck Protection Program, also known as PPP, was shut down. This means that small businesses have been prevented from applying for CARES Act…

I want to thank the ranking member for yielding. And I want to thank the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Connolly) for his leadership on this. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 2166, the Global Health Security Act. And this was already…

the Federalist Society, which was founded on, quote, ``principles that the State exists to preserve freedom, that the separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution, and that it is emphatically the province and duty of…

I happen to be pro-life and felt that I couldn't any longer in good faith pay dues to that organization.

I would submit is exactly what sort of work the Federalist Society undertakes.

Would you agree that the American Bar Association takes on a more politically active role than the Federalist Society?

There are some things that are more important than power and keeping power, and that is the preservation of our democratic republic.

You don't do everything. You don't violate rules and norms. You don't jeopardize confidence in the democracy just to keep power.

We know from polling that a majority of the American people now believe the court is political.

I think disclosure is important and I think it can be done.

I urge my colleagues to support this commonsense legislation, and I yield back.

This and the other changes that we are making will assist numerous small businesses, both in her district, my district, and districts all over the country.

I fully support the legislation and urge my colleagues to support it.

As the country continues to deal with COVID-19, the SBA's existing toolbox of programs provide capital assistance and resources to America's main street small businesses.

I want to thank the gentleman from Florida, Mr. Spano, for offering this amendment that will strengthen the underlying bill.