2021 has been a challenging year for many of us. Local leaders, policymakers, and individuals are searching for solutions. And the Institute for Local Self-Reliance has strived to meet this moment. We provide the research and technical expertise needed to combat increasing corporate power and build thriving, equitable, and sustainable communities. At the federal level, our work was critical to the growing momentum in Congress to rein in the big tech giants and reinvigorate our antitrust laws. It's why the Institute for Self-Reliance were the letter in support of this bill, and said, and I quote, to solve this issue permanently and without fail, Amazon's various divisions must be spun off. Let me now introduce Stacey Mitchell for your testimony. The story that we've long told ourselves about the decline of small business is that they can't keep up. The real answer to what's killing small businesses is rooted in policy choices. Against these companies on the merits, in the marketplace, we're just going to buy them. And it's exactly the kind of thing that our anti-minutly laws are intended to prevent. So, we joined our energy justice allies to form the 30 million solar homes campaign. That solar is something that can create a lot of jobs, especially when you do it in a decentralized fashion, when you can do it on rooftops, or at community scale and serve people who have not had access to solar. We had boots on the ground and communities across the country from assembling compost equipment in Baltimore to training individuals to build independent, wireless broadband networks in the Indian country. Start a process where we get tribes to come together and be able to share experiences. I think we came out with a now network of people that will rely on each other forever. We advise community leaders on how to invest federal funding and build solutions that will benefit workers, families, small businesses, and the environment for years to come. Federal investments coming from the American Rescue Plan Act offers an unprecedented opportunity to strengthen small businesses for a new wave of entrepreneurship and help rebuild main street. This important work cannot happen without your donations. Help us build power at the local level by visiting islesr.org slash donate.