Tom Rice actually said...

"Thank you Chairman Rice for this opportunity to appear before your subcommittee."

"We hear on this Committee a lot about the amount of red tape and bureaucracy that hurts small businesses from developing, from growing, and I really want to make sure that we are doing everything we c..."

"I think we are feeling a little bit in that regard not because of your efforts but because of ours, and infrastructure is the key to that."

"it is a real serious crux issue for this country."