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.

As this committee considers the many issues related to our nation's COVID-19 recovery and economy, I know the knowledge and expertise of all of our new Members will be extremely helpful.

It is essential. It is arguably the most important thing Congress can do.

Economic growth helps economically vulnerable people more than it helps the people who are already prosperous.

The unemployment rate for African Americans, the unemployment rate for Hispanics, the unemployment rate for minorities overall was at record lows prior to the pandemic.

I really just want to thank you all for your great work. Thank you for your service, thank you for taking care of the over 50,000 veterans that I have in Pennsylvania's 9th congressional, and God speed.

If that's what the law said, I'm going to go back up what Mr. Scott said and say then how did 99 percent of people misread the law?

Women veterans, by definition, are exceptional, right? I mean, they had the courage to join.

We have a border crisis. 144,000 illegals were apprehended in May alone.

We are a proud nation of immigrants.