Roger Williams: “I oppose this amendment on the same grounds as the previous amendment relating to veteran-owned small businesses.”

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.

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…

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

Not one small business has said, yeah, we need more rules and regulations. Not one.