Senate Proceeding on Jul 29th, 2010 :: 10:15:05 to 10:16:40
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Bill Nelson: and we still can't seem to get this bill forward and to the house for negotiation and then to the president's desk as quickly as possible. mr. nelson: mr. president, i'd like to say this in conclusion, if the senator would yield further, and just to say that

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Speech By: Bill Nelson

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Bill Nelson: every one of us have small businesses in our state. the economic engine of florida is small business. and it is those very people that have come forth in this recession and have said that they are having difficulty, and

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Bill Nelson: in many cases, cannot make financial ends meet because they cannot get the banks to lend to them. the big banks will lend to big customers. they're not fulfilling the obligation of lending to the

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Bill Nelson: the community banks would like to make those loans to small business and, yet, they say they are harassed by regulators. here we have provided an avenue of money to flow through community banks to small

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Bill Nelson: business to help them make their financial ends meet. it is unconscionable that people in a parliamentary and ptisan fashion would hold up this