ROBERT HURT: “I'm prepared to close and would like to insist on my right to do so. I reserve the balance of my time.”

These critical investments allow our small businesses to innovate, expand their operations and create the jobs that our communities desperately need.

I think every member of this committee can agree that with millions of Americans out of work, our top focus in Congress should be enacting policies to help spur job creation throughout our country.

Every one of the measures we are considering today is designed to achieve that goal, whether that means establishing an office for small business capital formation, reducing the size of the administrative state or helping startups market…

I think that those of us who live in rural areas depend disproportionately on community banks.