The pandemic, as I mentioned in my introductory remarks, has been very tough on small business. I provided some figures to highlight that.
One thing I could add to what I said is that, on average, small businesses had to take on $170,000 of COVID-related debt just to be able to weather the storm. If you look at the level of debt in the agriculture and natural resources sectors combined, the average debt is at $329,000, so it's a huge amount of debt for businesses to take on due to COVID-19.
A bill like this one would provide much-needed relief for businesses that have been hard hit by the pandemic.