Roger Williams: “Our Southern border has been an absolute disaster over the last 2 years.”

Thank you, Chairman Williams for including this legislation in our markup today and I hope that all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will agree that simple, clear language is a way to ensure prosperity for our small businesses.

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

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…

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