small business administrator, isabel guzman. and representative sheila jackson lee. while we wait for this to begin, we will take a look at today's's 's washington journal -- at today's washington journal. he is at general motors, vice president of global public policy. what is gm highlighting at this year's show? guest: good morning and thank you for having me. i'm a big fan of c-span in this program so this is a personal thrill for me to be with you this morning. what do i think about the cars? this is super exciting. if you watch the local news channels in washington they have visited the chevrolet exhibit with the lamp of ev's including the super exciting electric corvette that was just announced earlier this week, so it is a thrill to be here. i am happy to take the questions coming in. i was listening to the most recent two callers. critical minerals is an important part of the discussion and gm as a part of all that work developing critical minimal -- critical mineral resources and bringing the process to north america so we are localizing the production and t

introducing to all of you the administrator of the united states small business administration, isabel guzman. currently serving as the 27th administrator of the u.s. small business administration, she serves as the voice for america 32.5 million small businesses and innovation startups in president biden's cabinet. in her role as administrator, she works hard to support the small business owners that defined main street in the cities and communities across the country, who deliver our products and services and innovate to solve global problems. under her leadership, sba has continued to scale dramatically and has revamped programs and services to address critical challenges, she continues to work tirelessly to transform sba's programs and services to meet all small businesses where they are. we are honored to be joined by sba administrator guzman and we look forward to her remarks. please join me in welcoming her to the stage this afternoon. [applause] ♪ >> hello, hello. good afternoon. thank you so much, mayor. i appreciate the kind introduction and your partnership and your leadership. i a

featuring democratic representative sheila jackson lee of texas and small business administrator isabel guzman along with the panel of women mayors from across the country, this us conference of mayors event is nearly an hour and 15 minutes. >>. i'm sorry. i'm really excited that all of the women mayor's in the united states. [applause] those in washington, i have the honor of serving as your chair of the women's mayors leadership alliance of the us conference of mayors. i'm delighted to be here with all of you at our 91st winter meeting. i would like to begin by quickly asking all women mayors in the audience to stand and be recognized, please stand. [applause] >> thank you so much and i looked so forward to working with all of you as we continue to advance the mission of the women's mayors leadership alliance of the us conference of mayors. i am truly honored to be introducing to all of you the administrator of the united states small business administration, isabella guzman, currently serving as 20 seventh administrator of the us small business administration, miss guzman serves as a voice