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Loans provided through the c. A. R. E. S. Act during the coronavirus pandemic. The House Small Business Committee held this hearing. I want to thank everyone for joining us this afternoon for our committees First Official remote hearing. I want to make sure to note some important requirements. House regulations require members to be visible through a video connection throughout the proceedings. So please keep your cameras on. Also, if you have to participate in another proceeding, please exit th...

Asked about the effectiveness of the Paycheck Protection Program referred to as ppp. [indistinct chatter] a todays committee will come to order and i want to thank everyone for joining us here today and want to welcome the secretary and the administrator and thank you both for being here and all the members for being here. This is the first opportunity to hear from both of you about the enactment of the act in particular as it applies to Small Business. It is a landmark legislation and less than...

This is my polling place. I was trying to vote early, but i couldnt find it. I was trying to vote early, but i couldnt find it. Thanks for being here. I cant tell whether youre smiling or not, thanks for being here. Minutes toake a few tell you about what i think we should be doing right now, and id be happy to take questions. For weeks, we have seen the warning signs. Numbers dont lie. Infection rates are now going up in more states than they are going down. More than 125,000 people in the u. S...

Infrastructure bill. A vote on final passage is expected wednesday. May consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oregon is recognized. Our mr. Defazio our nation is conflonted with multiple crises, covid. We passed four bills in this house to deal with covid directly in terms of medical care, potential for vaccine treatments and mitigation of the incredible economic arm, the fourth bill is still lingering with an uncertain future in the senate. And then the murder of george floyd brou...

Yet to be spent and frankly much of which we dont know what the actual need is out there until we have a better sense for what the revenue loss is to a lot of our state and local governments. They are sounding the alarm and justifiably worried about what happens if the downturn in the economy continues and what that might mean to their revenues. They are looking to washington, d. C. For assistance, and i think that as i said earlier in the cares package, there was 150 billion dollars that went o...

Pandemic. The paycheckum Protection Program receiving 349 billion and another 310 billion of supplemental legislation. And with accountability are crucial because the moment theti administration became clear for those that needed it most. So we are not taking any other floor and then to take this opportunity for unanimous consent to get Something Real done with bipartisan support and who can be against transparency and otaccountability . Were close to 700 billion of the taxpayers money iso going...

Legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Neal madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Neal first, thank you. We are here today in these very trying and unprecedented times to act on an emergency interim funding package that i am pleased has strong bipartisan support. But we did not arrive here without...

Again. We will move as quickly as we can but should we not be able to accommodate every member in person today, we will be accepting statements for the record until thursday, april 30. This important hearing i want to mention the chairwoman has been in our thoughts and prayers we wish you nothing but the best as you recover. Small businesses and entrepreneurs play a Critical Role within the american economy. Not only do they employ half of the nations workers but created two out of every three n...

Relief measures congressre has passed there was 150 billion sent to the state and local governments, much of which have yet to be spent and frankly we dont know what the actual need is until we have a better sense of what the revenue loss is to the state and local governments. They are sounding the alarm and justifiably worried about what happens if the downturn in the economy continues and what that dght mean for their revenues. So, they are looking to washington, d. C. For assistance, and i th...