There is no question that China is a hostile nation towards the United States and that their goal is to weaken our country in any way possible.

I think one thing I hope you recognized with this Committee, you do not see it on TV when you watch Washington but I think you can see there are things we agree on, that these hearings can be bipartisan.

But one thing is certain; main street is resilient and ready. And I have always said that small business owners will do whatever they can to survive and are willing to make tough decisions in order to keep doing what they love.

We need to streamline the SBA. We need fewer regulations. We need to bring inflation down.

D.C. can create a job but it cannot create net worth.

A lot of fix to this is competition.

Today's hearing is critical in examining the impact of the industry's overregulation on small businesses and small providers.

So, far too often, consolidation decreases quality of care, eliminates competition, which increases costs, and removes the possibility of physicians owning their own business.

Free markets are--the start of business America is what the country was built on.

We have seen how stifling regulations can suffocate any small business, especially those in healthcare.

Well, you have heard today this past administration has imposed $375 billion worth of regulations on small businesses.