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Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act

The Senate considered the Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act, a bill requiring the SEC’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation to report on issues rural small businesses face in raising capital. Senator Thune asked the Senate to discharge the Banking Committee from further consideration of the House-passed bill (H.R. 1190) and take it up immediately. No substantive floor debate was recorded in the available statements.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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John Thune

Republican

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“I am asking the Senate to take up this bill right now.”
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Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1190 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.

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