China's centrally controlled command economy is going to make it impossible for the United States to compete in terms of spending.

We have heard how China is not transparent with disclosing the details of their lending practices and the problems that are created within the international system.

We need to find a way to properly counter the growing influence of China around the world.

COVID-19 has been devastating to every country across the globe, but particularly for less-developed nations.

Even though China knows they might not get all of their money back, they are investing and they realize that they will be able to assert influence over the borrowing country.

The SBIR program has had bipartisan support since it began during the Reagan administration.

The Small Business Administration under President Biden has had problems overseeing programs for the past few months.

Our capital markets are extremely regulated, and no single entity, whether it be exchange or broker-dealer or SRO, acts unilaterally without any oversight.

I am completely in agreement with the need to do this and to ensure that everyone, no matter how much money they have invested, is competing on an equal playing field.

Raising taxes does not help, I will tell you.

the last thing they need are the taxes increased like is being proposed again in President Biden's American Jobs Plan which quite frankly is a No Job Plan when we raise these taxes.