Roger Williams: “It hurts the consumer. The very people you are trying to protect, you are turning back and hurting them.”

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…

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.

There has been a significant shortage in skilled labor across the country for way too long.