Mr. Chairman, are you ready to begin . Please begin your five second countdown. Chair pappas five, four, three, two, one. Good afternoon. I call this hearing to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. We have a number of members participating remotely today. And before we proceed, i would like to go over some items for our members participating remotely. First, if youre experiencing connectivity issues, please make sure you or your staff contact our Technical Support so those issues can be resolved immediately. Members participating remotely must continue to use the video function for the duration of their participation in the hearing, unless they experience connectivity issues or other technical problems that render the member fully unable to participate on camera. It is committee and subcommittee policy that members participating remotely will remain muted when not recognized, just like turning on your microphone on and off during an inperso
Lemonis thatd be like going to Baskin Robbins or 31 flavors and them saying, sorry, we only have 20. Hes letting down his employees. Ovie itd be nice if my own opinion mattered. Lemonis itll be a giant [bleep]show unless you guys are on the same page. And with a new baby at home, he feels like hes letting down his family. Tony my wife, steph, is an absolutely trouper. Shes so understanding, but i know she deserves so much more. Lemonis if i cant help him see what hes done wrong. Tony i guess i just had visions of grandeur. Lemonis . And where he needs to go next. I want to literally start new. This business will evaporate. Tony this is a little can we get off camera for this . This is, like, crazy. Lemonis my name is Marcus Lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. Were not going to wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. Were going to wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. Its not always pretty. Everythings going to change. Everyth
Were not trying to have that be the main theme. Lemonis . To his employees. Youre so worried that somebody is going to get pissed off. You have this fear that if you push people, that were going to walk out. Leaving the company with no structure. Man im the brand director for ellison. Man my role is corporate branding. Lemonis . Or vision. Ive had a lot of patience listening to a lot of words. I still dont know what the vision is. Just tell me what it is. If i cant get this owner to open up his eyes and look beyond what hes lost. Aristotle you say tomato. I say tomato. I think its. Lemonis no, no, no. I say, profit. You say, i dont make any money. His company may be next. My name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. Were not going to wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. Were going to wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. Its not always pretty. Everything is going to change, everything. But i do it to save jobs, an
Financial roadblocks. This is an hour and ten minutes. Mr. Chairman, are you ready to begin . Yes. Please begin your fivesecond countdown. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Good afternoon. I call this hearing to order. A quorum is present. Without objection, the chair is authorized to call a recess at anytime. I would like to go over items. If you are experience connectivity issues, please contact your staff. It is committee and Sub Committee, participating members will be muting when not recognized and its out of courtesy so that background noise did not interfere with another member recognized to speak. When you are recognized you need to unmute your microphone and pause before speaking so we can hear everything you say. In order to ensure that everything members say is captured on the live stream of the hearing members are asked to pause for two to three seconds before beginning to speak. If you wish to have a document inserted in the record please ask for unanimous consent and have your staff email t
Or 31 flavors and them saying, sorry, we only have 20. Hes letting down his employees. Ovie itd be nice if my own opinion mattered. Lemonis itll be a giant [bleep]show unless you guys are on the same page. And with a new baby at home, he feels like hes letting down his family. Tony my wife, steph, is an absolutely trouper. Shes so understanding, but i know she deserves so much more. Lemonis if i cant help him see what hes done wrong. Tony i guess i just had visions of grandeur. Lemonis . And where he needs to go next. I want to literally start new. This business will evaporate. Tony this is a little can we get off camera for this . This is, like, crazy. Lemonis my name is Marcus Lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. Were not going to wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. Were going to wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. Its not always pretty. Everythings going to change. Everything. But i do it to save jobs, and i do it to