The backbone of our economy is small business.

Perhaps coincident with my arrival here in Congress, Congress has descended into a dysfunction so severe...

I would like to pick up on Mr. Royce's questions. I am also concerned about these rules on credit union capital.

Every one of us here could list a hundred businesses that can't get business loans.

I hope you would take into account the fact that the number one problem that small businesses, I think, have in all our districts is they can't get capital.

I think you need to get the message through.

Mr. Turner, I want to thank you for pointing out that the same proxy advisory firm could tell two different clients a recommendation to vote in different ways just because they are given different criteria.

In California, we do everything by referendum.

We once had a competition in this world between capitalism and communism.

It has given us the weakest possible shareholder protection.

I will, of course, generously share my 5 minutes with all the other Democrats who are here.