Roger Williams: “U.S. banking standards much more stringent than the standards European regulators are imposing on European banks...”

This amendment also guts the purpose of this bill by directing agencies to do something already within their purview.

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.

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

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…