Roger Williams: “Thank you. Stay the course. There is help coming.”

American small businesses are the engines of our economy, they are the entrepreneurs and they make America move and grow.

Main street is facing a dire labor shortage, with 90 percent of businesses reporting few or no qualified applicants in August.

This important legislation will hold these fraudsters accountable, and I urge my colleagues to support it. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Industries like construction are particularly affected, with the projection showing the need for over 500,000 additional workers annually.