Roger Williams: “This hearing could not come at a more important time for Main Street America.”

American small businesses are the engines of our economy, they are the entrepreneurs and they make America move and grow.

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.

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…