I am grateful to Representatives Pappas and Bean for introducing this legislation so that rural Americans will have full access to their resources when disaster strikes.

H.R. 7984, the Rural Small Business Resilience Act, will require the SBA to meet communities where they are following a disaster.

I am proud to support this legislation, proud to be on this with Mr. Mfume.

Main street is faced with a continuing disadvantage when it comes to accessing capital.

Heavenly Father, God of all people, thank you for allowing us to be here today to do what we can to preserve the greatest country in the world we love to call the United States of America.

We have seen an increase in ransomware attacks on individual Americans--we talked about that, we know that--but also, large multinational companies...

I always look at, when evaluating any government program or anything, is a return on investment, which they don't understand about here in Washington.

Our government spending is currently on an unsustainable path, in case you were not aware of that.

the regulations it has put on small business are unbelievable, and like I say, the very people they think they are helping, they are hurting.

The CFPB's goal is to protect consumers from abusive financial practices, but like everything else the government does, the people they want to help, they actually hurt.

the CFPB's regulatory agenda has been a nonstop parade of partisan politics and wish list items from the Biden Administration.