Roger Williams: “We owe a duty to build a fire under the bureaucrats sometime when we have set up a good program.”

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…

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

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