Roger Williams: “taxpayers in Texas, which is where I am from, and across the United States could be left footing the bill for these…”

Small businesses do not have the resource to hire compliance officers, lawyers, or lobbyists to ensure that they understand and have their voices heard.

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.

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