Tom Rice

Why haven't they been mandated?

I think we should take action in trade agreements and also under U.S. law.

I mean, we all know we are making ourselves less competitive by not doing what we can to strike down these barriers to our exports.

I think the evidence does not demonstrate that the United States is manipulating currency in the same way as China.

Thank you for holding this hearing today to examine the effectiveness of the capital access programs.

I truly appreciate you taking time out of your hectic schedules to provide the Committee with suggestions for improving SBA's lending programs.

I hope that all of these perspectives that I bring to the table will help create a productive conversation with this Subcommittee.

I know you all share the goal that I do, which is to ensure American small businesses have the access to capital necessary to grow and, in doing so, help their local communities flourish.

Thank you again for the opportunity to share NADCO's thoughts.

Thank you, Mrs. Chu.

I think community banks should be exempted, but that is just my opinion.

I am grateful to have this opportunity to testify before you to discuss the impact of the Small Business Administration's 7(a) loan program.

I urge you to oppose them.

These ideas will be instructive as the Committee works to ensure small firms have access to capital which is vital to their success.

I worry that we really need to go back and review some of that.

in my opinion, there is nothing more important than American competitiveness and jobs.

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 4, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $4,500,000)''. Page 6, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert…

If the chairman is going to oppose my amendment, I will withdraw it out of respect for the chairman.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, so many things we do here in Washington are nonsensical. Our tax system is not competitive; our immigration system is not competitive; our regulatory system is not competitive, and…

I want to thank Chairman Simpson and Ranking Member Kaptur for their work on this good piece of legislation. Mr. Chair, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw the amendment. The CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from…

Their government is putting them in business.

I think we can do a lot better. I think it actually stifles economic activity, and I want to end my little presentation by apologizing to all of you gentlemen that we do not have leadership on both sides of the aisle here that are willing…

Basically, I look at the taxes, the price you pay to keep the government open, and if you are paying more for your government than they are paying for their government, does that not put you at a competitive disadvantage?

My focus here in Congress is on American competitiveness and jobs.

I think the best thing we can do to help new entrepreneurs is in fact do less.