On the recordJune 7, 2022
There is no question that small firms are facing the most dire consequences of a tight labor market. At a time when the economy is recovering and businesses are seeking to expand their operations, lack of access to a highly skilled workforce can be frustrating to business owners and harmful to their recovery. Maintaining economic competitiveness on the world stage means investing in our workforce, and nobody is better equipped to do that than the small businesses fueling our economic recovery. H.R. 7622 empowers SBDCs to expand workforce training resources to small employers struggling to find workers, which will, in turn, grow the skill sets of workers and the workforces of businesses. Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes,'' and I yield back the balance of my time.
