"Weeks ago, I, along with my friend from across the aisle, Representative Dwight Evans of Pennsylvania, introduced legislation to ensure that America's Small Business Development Centers have the best ..."
"this is really a bipartisan approach and we have all got to work together."
"Today is an opportunity for us to consider the dire economic situation facing Puerto Rico."
"Rather than bickering over the issues not under our control, we should be working together to improve the lending, contracting, and entrepreneurship development landscape on the island."
"I would like to thank my colleague Congresswoman Velazquez for her long history of working to help Puerto Rico."
"In order for small firms to play their traditional job-creating role, a number of factors must be in place."
"However, obtaining conventional credit can be particularly difficult for small businesses, making a Small Business Administration lending program critical to filling this gap."
"Namely, the SBA 504 program helps small businesses obtain long-term financing for major assets, such as real estate and equipment."
"I can't tell you how nice it is just to be able to have a beer and watch a game after what's transpired over the last 36 hours."
"I think also, the external event also showed something that normally you wouldn't have seen. Unfortunately, the shooting and the violence occurred. I think made us, was on the floor, was at the briefi..."
"I am very much interested in a very specific way about access of people of color taking advantage of these opportunities."
"I have always said that food policy is foreign policy, and we know that food is a bipartisan issue that we all have to eat."