Roger Williams: “Due to a personal family matter, I was unable to be in D.C. and vote today. Had I been present, I would have voted…”

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

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

Due to a personal family matter, I was unable to vote on H.R. 881--the DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 120.

I urge my colleagues to support this commonsense legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Williams) that the House suspend the…