Roger Williams: “U.S. owned and operated. Absolutely.”

main street is facing a dire labor shortage, with 90 percent of businesses reporting few or no qualified applicants in August.

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…

My bill the Assurance for Small Business Act of 2024 addresses this concern.

I urge my colleagues to support this commonsense legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Williams) that the House suspend the…