Roger Williams: “I am concerned, as some are, about the effects this could have on small business lenders and the cost of credit.”

These 700 regulations have placed over $440 billion, that is with a B, over $440 billion on the small businesses of America.

If we want to truly help Main Street America we should oppose this amendment and support the underlying bill.

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

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…