Kevin Hern actually said...

"Small Businesses owned by minority, women, and veterans face a unique set of challenges, ranging from raising adequate financing, to building social capital, to finding the effective mentors."

"Today, more than 24 million Americans lack access to high speed internet, the vast majority of whom live in rural communities."

"But we will work hard on this because it is so important to our nation and I said this in our Full Committee, that we cannot have big businesses in the future if we do not have small businesses today."

"With 99.9 percent of all businesses in the United States being classified as small, the impact that small businesses have on our economy cannot be overstated."