We have got to do something about the labor situation that will help us with the supply chain.
Beth Van Duyne
The Public Record
Beth Van Duyne is an American politician and member of the Republican Party, currently serving as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 24th congressional district since January 3, 2021. Prior to her election to Congress, she served as the Mayor of Irving, Texas, from 2011 to 2017, where she focused on economic development and public safety. Van Duyne has been an advocate for conservative policies, including tax reform and immigration control, and has worked on issues related to veterans and small businesses during her time in office.
It is good to see so many of you that we visited with when I was up in Minnesota last month.
These issues are particularly harmful, as the Chairman mentioned, to small businesses who lack the purchasing power...
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My amendment prohibits any Small Business Administration funds from going to individuals who have assaulted a police officer.
The partisan path you are taking will not help small businesses. In the end it will only kick them while they are already down.
Despite still not having spent all the funds in the last reconciliation bill, we are now rushing to consider the most significant single spending bill in our history.
I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to craft a relief package that meets the challenge of this moment.
We are almost 8 months into the Biden Administration and it has become evident to anyone watching that something is very wrong.
And yet while Medicare and Social Security are quickly approaching bankruptcy and federal debt is headed past $30 trillion, this bill fails to address any of those issues.
While the small business community is facing many issues and challenges right now, inflation is undoubtedly one of the greatest concerns.
The federal government's role is not to pick winners or losers, but to allow the greatest opportunity for our citizens to flourish.
It is high time that we understand the real effects of the defund the police movement.
Just yesterday, Speaker Pelosi, a Democrat, said that the Democrats would only pay for half of what they are spending through the reconciliation.
I want to make something very clear. Democrats will own the ramifications of this partisan effort to force through two of the largest spending bills in history without considering the consequences.
I very much appreciate Ms. Tenney's AIM Act and would very much like to work with her and my friend and colleague, Representative Craig, on working on this proposed legislation.
Even though all economic indicators show that this is the absolute wrong path to choose, this President is trying to ram through close to $6 trillion in new and unnecessary spending this year alone.
Why would we choose to create a loan program that now gives public money preferentially to felons over their law-abiding counterparts, who are in desperate need of help themselves?
Let us stand firm and send a message to the American small business owner that we hear you and we are here to support you in every possible way.
The Democrats' true colors came to light early on in February's markup as topics of great importance were drafted without our thoughts or ideas.
Access to affordable capital, as we all know, is one of the biggest challenges our small businesses face everywhere.





