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Vance commended Kelly LEL, who introduced him, highlighting the efforts to eradicate fraud within the Small Business Administration (SBA). He underscored a striking statistic about fraud within the SBA, ranging from those who have passed away receiving loans, to emphasizing support for hardworking American entrepreneurs and workers.
In his remarks, he addressed a group of protesters outside the event, questioning their presence on a Friday afternoon—an invitation to consider whether they were participating in productive labor. “We want those people to get off the streets and back to work,” he asserted, reiterating the need to rebuild American manufacturing to foster that transition back into the workforce.