"Access to capital is a true driver of whether a small business startup or entrepreneur can sustain business operations."
"In short, manufacturing matters."
"It is an important subject, clearly. Very financially important situation that needs clarification. No question."
"I just think this is the wrong approach. This 'one size fits all' deal as a mandate from Washington is not good."
"The idea of helping employees by telling employers what to pay them, President Biden actually said that raising the minimum wage to $15 across the Nation, regardless of the economic situation of the a..."
"They are going to have to drop employees. They are going to have to cut staff."
"They would have to reduce, with this $15 minimum wage, reduce staff by 20 percent and raise food prices by 25 to 30 percent."
"We cannot have that in our small communities. We need to defend them, not put them in a position where they can go out of business."
"When Congress reopened the PPP program for a second round, the intent was to tailor these funds to businesses that were most impacted by the pandemic."
"Prior to the pandemic, the SBA 7(a) Loan Program was SBA's most common loan program and served as a critical tool for small businesses to get access to capital."
"I urge my colleagues to support my amendment."