Fund departments may mead extra Staff Members to do various things. I think people have been doing more with less and that works for a while but after some period of time people cant do more without having more and they are all stressed out. We may need more resources for the clerks office. Perhaps some other general fund departments. I do agree with the clerks recommendations that were on that slide that i cant see right now. Those are the recommendations today. We no, i thinks may change early next year and probably will change several times next year. I understand that the mayors budget instructions are due out next wednesday. I understood that this committee was not meeting next wednesday and perhaps this was the last scheduled meeting for the year. I am wondering when the mayors budget instructions will be up for discussion at the Budget Committee . Perhaps someone can address that question. Thank you very much. Thank you for your comments, sir. Next speaker, please. That complete
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 new jobs in the nation. You only need to take the poll from main street america. It is demonstrated Small Businesses and employees and the Response Congress created with a Paycheck Protection Programs with as many Small Businesses as possible during emergency. A low interest loan can be forgiven if used for payroll and Small Businesses have a tool available to assist them as they weather the storm experiencing extremely high demand and within a two week span all the money was exhausted i devote m
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 new jobs in the nation. You only need to take the poll from main street america. It is demonstrated Small Businesses and employees and the Response Congress created with a Paycheck Protection Programs with as many Small Businesses as possible during emergency. A low interest loan can be forgiven if used for payroll and Small Businesses have a tool available to assist them as they weather the storm experiencing extremely high demand and within a two week span all the money was exhausted i devote m
[inaudible conversations] we are going to get started. Thank you. Good morning. The hearing will come to order. I thank everyone for joining us this morning and i want to especially thank my colleagues for joining us today for the House Committee on business hearing the response to covid19. We have had a hard stop act once 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 new jobs in the nation. You only need to take the poll from main street america. It is demonstrated Small Businesses and employees and the Response Congress created with a Payc
Committee on Small Business member states, hearing on response, we had a hard stop, we could move as quickly as we can and could not accommodate every member in person today and we are accepting statements until thursday april 30th. Today is a chance for the committee to hear directly from members of congress about thoughts on the covid19 response for the next package to Small Business issues for the committee of jurisdiction. I would like to remind everyone we are practicing social distancing and taking other precautions for all in attendance. I appreciate your cooperation so that we can protect ourselves and our hardworking staff. Three weeks ago when congress created the Paycheck Protection Program we did so with the goal of providing a lifeline, the program experienced Unprecedented Demand and proven successful, helping more than 1. 6 million entities to support employees. As a result we will be replenishing the Program Later today. While we are moving quickly to provide an additio