Roger Williams: “A lot of fix to this is competition.”

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleagues, Mr. Meuser and Mrs. McIver, for working together in a bipartisan way on behalf of strengthening the SBA's flagship 7(a) loan program. For too long, a few bad actors have damaged one of the most…

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

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.

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