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Excerpts from Byron Donalds Newsletter.
For Immediate Release
April 11, 2025
Contact: Daniel First
(202) 225-2536
Donalds Leads Coalition To Increase Access To Capital For Small Businesses And Small Banks
WASHINGTON – Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) has introduced transformative legislation to increase access to capital for small businesses and small banks.
H.R. 2835 - "The Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act" is the 14th piece of legislation introduced by Congressman Donalds during the 119th Congress, is co-led by Congressman Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), and has received the support of Congressman Frank Lucas (R-OK).
Specifically, the "The Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act" raises the consolidated asset threshold of Bank Holding Companies (BHCs) to qualify as Small Bank Holding Companies (SBHCs) from $3 billion to $25 billion. Raising the asset threshold for SBHC would enable more banks to operate at higher debt levels, which can allow them to raise capital more cheaply.
SBHCs are allowed to operate at higher levels of debt which can be used to capitalize the bank subsidiary—promoting growth and lending. This legislation does not change capital rules and regulations for subsidiary banks. Congressman Donalds released the following statement:
"Under the crushing. regulatory regime of President Biden, the American Dream was out of reach for millions of ambitious entrepreneurs across our nation. Under President Trump, we are putting the American people first again and unleashing prosperity. This is why I'm proud to introduce 'The Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act' alongside Congressman Haridopolos. This legislation will increase much-needed access to capital for small businesses and small banks. The American Dream is for all Americans, and with increased access to capital, what once were just dreams will become reality."
Background:
Bank Holding Companies are corporations that own controlling interests in one or more banks, but they do not offer banking services themselves.
Currently, a Bank Holding Company must have less than $3 billion in consolidated assets to qualify as a Small Bank Holding Company.
Small Bank Holding Companies are exempt from the Federal Reserve’s risk-based capital and leverage rules.
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Sen. Rick Scott Leads Introduction of BOLIVAR Act to Hold Illegitimate Maduro Regime Accountable
Senator Rick Scott led the introduction of the Banning Operations and Leases with the Illegitimate Venezuelan Authoritarian Regime (BOLIVAR) Act. This legislation holds Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro accountable by prohibiting federal agencies from doing business with anyone that supports the oppressive Maduro regime. As Governor of Florida, Senator Scott signed similar legislation into law on the state level. Senators Ted Cruz and Marsha Blackburn are cosponsoring the legislation.
This builds on the efforts of President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to hold the illegitimate Maduro regime accountable by reversing Biden’s appeasement policies and tightening economic pressure on the Maduro regime and its criminal enterprises.
Senator Rick Scott said: “Nicolás Maduro is an illegitimate, murderous dictator who oppresses the people of Venezuela, deprives them of freedoms, and steals elections from the rightful president, Edmundo González, and leader María Corina Machado. Maduro stands against everything the United States stands for, and he cannot remain in power. President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are moving quickly to reverse the appeasement and dangerous policies of the Biden administration, which have emboldened and enriched the regime for years now, and are taking significant action to hold the regime accountable and to stop Maduro from benefitting off Venezuela’s natural resources while the nation’s people suffer. We must keep up the pressure on the regime to FINALLY get Maduro out of power and bring freedom to the Venezuelan people by passing my BOLIVAR Act. This will build on our actions by preventing any federal agencies from doing business with anyone who chooses to do businesses with the murderous Maduro regime. It’s time to finally get this bill passed and signed into law to cut Maduro off from every last resource, get him and his thugs out of power, and bring a new day of freedom to Venezuela.”
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WAKE UP, THE ROOSTER IS CROWING
Luke 22: 61-62 “And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.”
After spending time on several of the Caribbean islands, the conclusion is that the national bird of some of those should be the rooster. There is such an abundance of the brightly colored and ornately decorated feathered and very vocal species of living alarm clocks, the human population must feel in the minority.
We were in Colon, Cuba several weeks and the rooster population in the neighborhood of our night time quarters was measured not in numbers but in decibels.
We stayed in a convent of nuns and even though we did not speak the language, pleasantries were exchanged in the mornings at breakfast and other times on the grounds. We knew “Buenos Dias” and they knew “Hello.”
Our ride to the work site was a horse drawn wagon with improvised wooden seats. Unpadded, the seats offered a somewhat uncomfortable ride to the church area. Streets in Colon are in a state of disrepair that would make our county roads here in America seem like super-highways.
Under the horses tail was a suspended bag designed to catch the fertilizer deposited by the equine while in its daily duties of serving as a power source for the Cuban taxi. It caught the plant food but failed to contain the aroma.
After having been awakened in the pre-dawn hours by the chorus of roosters singing their daily melody, the aromatic and mostly rough ride made for a somewhat different beginning for our day.
Arriving at the church, usually around eight o’clock, the warm greeting by the Cuban Christians changed our outlook on our existence and brightened the day beyond explanation.
The crow of the rooster is actually an exhilarating sound when one is already awake. But to be brought out of a dead-like sleep it is similar to being plastered against a wall by a nuclear bomb and results in an almost state of shock requiring a visit to an emergency room or more likely, a psychiatrist’s couch.
A kettle of “rooster noodle soup” was thought of most mornings but thought the local chicken farmer might not approve. Roosters crow at dawn because their internal rhythm is set. They also crow when their power of territory is threatened which could be at any time.
The crow of the rooster is a wake-up call. Acts 1: 8 is a wake-up call to evangelize. “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”
We live in a world of divergent races, ethnic groups, ideological groups and the many other differences that exist among the human race. By Jesus using Samaria as one of the geographic locations to witness His Gospel, He was perhaps telling us to tell everyone, regardless of our differences, about Him.
Perhaps by naming “The uttermost part of the earth,” He may not have been thinking of the other side of the planet as we often do. Possibly, the uttermost may be considering those that are difficult to reach with the gospel and that may very well be within one’s own family, workplace or neighborhood. At any rate, to evangelize is an imperative and must not be taken lightly.
What are our wake up calls? Among others, our marching orders would include the state of chaos our world is in. As a human race we have gone so far out of bounds, God may very well be fed up with us. Actually, I cannot imagine that He isn’t.
Many are convinced the state of the world is much to blame on the Christian community in that we have not told the world about our Glorious Savior. Without knowing Him, humans do not know the simple rules of humanity as stated in the Holy Bible. To know right from wrong doesn’t come naturally; it has to be taught.
The crow of the rooster also can serve as a warning. The flock may be in danger and the crowing of the “king bird” is a warning of impending danger. We have been warned by history what the penalty is for continuing in sin.
Luke 22: 34 “And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.” As the story goes, Peter denied Christ the night before the crucifixion. Jesus had told him that the denial would happen but Peter was convinced such a thing could never happen.
At the third denial (Luke 22: 61-62), Peter immediately remembered what Jesus had said. This scripture serves as a combination of a warning of our human frailties and of the omniscience of God. These verses of scripture in depth tell us one of the many reasons Christ Jesus went to the cross for the sins of the world. Our weaknesses and sinful nature could not be overcome by anything less than a total sacrifice by our Creator Himself (Colossians 1: 16).
Many on first thought condemn Peter for denying Christ. We, however, should take this as an admonition to ask ourselves, “How many times have I denied Christ for less than thirty pieces of silver as did Judas?”
We must always teach that eternal salvation is attained by a faith based belief (Ephesians 2: 8) in Christ Jesus crucified (Matthew 27: 35) for the remission of sin (1 John 1: 9) and resurrected (Matthew 28: 6).
Van Yandell is a retired Industrial Arts teacher, an ordained gospel evangelist and commissioned missionary. His email: vmy2121@outlook.com
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