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Sam Graves: the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. graves: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of the chairwoman's request to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1541. the bill is very simple. it extends the authorization of all programs operated or authorized by the sbist act, the sbist -- the small business act, the small business administration for which congress has alrea appropriated the funds.

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Sam Graves: the extension will last until july 31 of this year. this extension is necessary because the authorization for various programs operated by the s.b.a. ceases on march 20. the committee has worked on a bipartisan fashion in the last congress and we reported out a number of bills to address programs operated by the s.b.a. but despite the efforts of the house, time in the last congress expired before the

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Sam Graves: the american economy, can he cannot allow the s.b.a. authorization to run out. enactment of this extension will enable the house and senate to work in a diligent manner to address the necessary