Roger Williams: “May I inquire as to the time remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas has 1\3/4\ minutes remaining.”

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.

We want them healthy because when small business is health, America is healthy.

The fundamental question this bill addresses is: Should a Federal contract intended for women go to men and fraudsters, or should a Federal contract intended for women-owned small businesses actually go to women? Fortunately, even though…

America's small businesses shouldn't have to hire a lawyer to apply for and win a simple government contract. Yet that is exactly what Washington's bureaucratic process demands today. That is why I am honored to champion the Plain Language…