James Lankford actually said...

"Yes, it is critical."

"The experience you bring here... is very valuable."

"We appreciate you being here and doing the hard work. You all have done a lot of work behind the scenes to be able to get to this point, to be able to do this, and we do appreciate it."

"This may be an ongoing conversation with Small Business Administration and others that just want to be able to have people at the table."