Roger Williams

The United States' agricultural sector plays a vital role in our national security, and this sector contributes significantly to our economic stability, and is responsible for our nation's food security.

Access to capital has remained a top concern for small business owners.

The government does not understand if we make money we do not save money; we spend money. And that is why we need this.

Our lack of information on China's economy and the CCP's continued abuse of the system in place has jeopardized our national economic security.

There is no question that China is a hostile nation towards the United States and that their goal is to weaken our country in any way possible.

But one thing is certain; main street is resilient and ready. And I have always said that small business owners will do whatever they can to survive and are willing to make tough decisions in order to keep doing what they love.

We need to streamline the SBA. We need fewer regulations. We need to bring inflation down.

I think one thing I hope you recognized with this Committee, you do not see it on TV when you watch Washington but I think you can see there are things we agree on, that these hearings can be bipartisan.

D.C. can create a job but it cannot create net worth.

A lot of fix to this is competition.

Competition will drive prices down, services up every time, won't it?

We have seen how stifling regulations can suffocate any small business, especially those in healthcare.

Well, you have heard today this past administration has imposed $375 billion worth of regulations on small businesses.

So, far too often, consolidation decreases quality of care, eliminates competition, which increases costs, and removes the possibility of physicians owning their own business.

Free markets are--the start of business America is what the country was built on.

Today's hearing is critical in examining the impact of the industry's overregulation on small businesses and small providers.

It is an honor to be up here today, and I want to, first of all, say on June 28 of this year, we raised $1.8 million for charity through our baseball game. We had 27,000 people pay to attend. We honored law enforcement, and Toyota was our…

I urge you all to join me in voting yes on H.R. 3995, the Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act.

My main concern with this legislation is that it would only consider the costs of regulations and not the benefits for small businesses.

We have to listen to them. And I appreciate Representative Van Duyne for bringing this up.

It is vital that we provide them with the resources they need to become successful entrepreneurs.

This legislation would simply require the inspector general to report updated information on his ongoing fraud investigations to Congress on a quarterly basis.

I oppose this amendment on the same grounds as the previous amendment relating to veteran-owned small businesses.

financial regulators should not be in the business of picking winners and losers.

This requirement is extremely out-of-touch and increases burdens on financial institutions.