Roger Williams: “Small businesses are what generates our economy, and we all know that.”

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.

This amendment also guts the purpose of this bill by directing agencies to do something already within their purview.

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

I urge my colleagues to oppose this bill and I yield back.