MANCHESTER, Oct. 19 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following testimony Cara Lank, chief credit officer for Stone Bank and chairman of the Government Relations Committee for the National Rural Lenders Association, from a Sept. 18, 2024, hearing entitled "Streamlining and Coordinating Support for Rural Small Businesses": * * * Chairman Shaheen, Ranking Member Ernst, and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. My name is Cara  more