Sheila Jackson Lee: “I thank you very much. I see my good friend from Pennsylvania is on his feet, and I know that he is going to help me…”

“I thank you very much. I see my good friend from Pennsylvania is on his feet, and I know that he is going to help me help small businesses because that is the simplicity of this amendment. It is simple. It is engaging, embracing. It is recognizing that all of us have our good neighbors back in our district. It is also an affirmation of the importance of the work of the United States military, and the many, many small businesses who desire to be of service. And so this amendment is simply informational, but it has a basis in success; outreach, to make sure that our small businesses around the Nation have a sense of what available opportunities are there for them. It calls for renewed vigor in advocating and constructing effective policies that will make the United States the most talented, diverse, effective, and powerful workforce in the increasingly globalized economy. We also realize, and I always say to my small businesses that they are the job creators of the 21st Century, and they do so in conjunction with the United States military. It may be janitorial services, painting buildings, mowing lawns, and related activities. Our small businesses can do that. So this amendment simply asks the Department of Defense, as it outsources its work, to make sure that it reaches out to the small business community so that they will be, if I might use the vernacular, in the mix.…”