The storm caused horrific damage in upended peoples lives but through perseverance hard work and unyielding oversight of the federal Disaster Response apparatus we built back at her. As a resident of the community affected by hurricane laura assessing damage to their homes they can rest assured that the community will hold a federal Emergency Management agency and its federal partners accountable by making sure they provide to help communities need to get back on their feet. A key lesson from Hurricane Katrina is that the initial response was hampered by the inept leadership of an inexperienced unqualified president ial Campaign Donor who had been appointed to head fema, the nations emergency manager. The hurricanes served as an important reminder that federal agencies should be led to experience people committed to the mission especially in times of crisis. Today the country is in crisis again and leadership for stalling the nations response. A Global Pandemic has crippled the nation.
Now in april this year the Federal Reserve bank in new york reported that minority and women owned businesses are significantly more likely to show signs of limited Financial Health and more likely to be classified as at risk for distress the nonminority Small Businesses. Further companies are three times likely as Healthy Business to close because of a two month the ppps program established under the cares act and administered by the Small Business administration and treasury for distress with responded to the covid19 pandemic. Recent analysis of the color of change in the United States found only one in ten africanamerican owned businesses received the requested funds through the program. I have heard from many a minority owned businesses who did everything right, they did not give a low number or loan in the first round, many minority businesses share the enhancement act was not adequately designed to enhance or assist Small Businesses. Thank you to the partnership of the Financial
Marco rubio, chair of the Senate Small Business committee and one of the correctional leaders who has been working the hardest to address this crisis. This virtual webinar will have a straightforward format. After my brief introduction, senator rubio will offer 10 minutes or so remarks then i will have a few russians for the senator and he and i will have a discussion about the economic challenges facing our nation and what congress could do and should do to address them. We will take a few question from you all at the end. Thanks so much for joining us. If you have a question for senator rubio, you can submit it on male or by using the twitter. Both those coordinates are listed on the events webpage. Im honored to be joined by senator rubio, thanks so much for being here. Introduction will be very short. Senator marco rubio is a senator from florida. Housespeak of the florida before being elected to the United States and in 2010 and reelected in 2016. He serves on the Senate Committee
[laughter] come on up. Good afternoon everyone. We are going to open those doors up so, hopefully people out there can hear what is going to happen. Welcome, everyone to this first in the 2020 gateway to the election president ial campaign series. Presented through a Collaborative Partnership between the Greater Nashua Chamber of commerce, riviera circle,tys president s and the telegraph. I am traci hall, president and ceo of the Greater Nashua Chamber of commerce. It is a pleasure to welcome all of our civic and Community Members to todays event. We appreciate your support and applaud you for educating ourselves about the important choices we will all make on for for february 11th. Our goal is to bring president ial candidates to nashua, to get a deeper sense of their stance on Business Community topics, and to prepare you to cast your most informed vote on primary day. As we begin our program, i would like to ask that you take a moment to check that your cell phones are in silent mod
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