ROBERT HURT: “I was pleased that the President last week tipped his hat to capital formation as something that is very important to…”

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

If enacted, this legislation would help startups by allowing them to better market their securities and to take part in economic development events like demo days.

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…