"It is clearly long overdue for the SBA to proactively take an initiative to improve diversities, their adversity in SBIC, and the working group under consideration today is only a small but important ..."
"There`s a lot that we can be doing right now speed it up, so to speak. We need to be doing, as we have been, the steady and progressive evacuation of those people who have supported and helped us."
"So I think that there were a lot of mixed signals, a lot of mixed intelligence signals, to be honest. I think one of the biggest things that we missed was the appetite and the heart that the Afghan ar..."
"We need to be able to ask for who’s accountable for these kinds of decisions. We need to be able to have the hearings in Congress and the oversight in Congress that is our duty and our mission to do."
"There’s a lot that we can be doing right now speed it up, so to speak. We need to be doing, as we have been, the steady and progressive evacuation of those people who have supported and helped us."
"if we aren't protecting our small businesses, then we are not protecting our economy."
"I want to focus on a piece of legislation that I am a co-sponsor of, the Small Business Development Center Cyber Training Act of 2021."
"I find this testimony riveting."
"Has the DOD sought to work closely with our allies to determine what cybersecurity practices are working well for other nations?"
"During my time in Congress, I have advocated vigorously for investment in DOD STEM to ensure cyber professionals remain competitive and meet the needs of the future's workforce."
"I never thought that I would be standing in front of you today thinking that the Republican Party as we`ve known it historically would ever say something like we need to defund the military."
"When we talk about defunding the military, the very thing that allows us to be the people we are, say the things we are saying, and to be the nation that we are, the democracy we are, other people are..."