Steve Chabot: “It is vitally important to reduce the red tape and bureaucracy our Nation's heroes endure just to try to contract with…”

“It is vitally important to reduce the red tape and bureaucracy our Nation's heroes endure just to try to contract with the Federal Government. There currently exists an unnecessary duplication of programs at the SBA and the VA which operate under separate and conflicting standards. This bill is a step in the right direction to eliminate some of that red tape for our Nation's veterans. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. {time} 1345”