Roger Williams

To close. Madam Speaker, as contract consolidation continues to build momentum, opportunities will continue to falter. Overall, this trendline is heading in the wrong direction. As a result, the emphasis and importance will be placed on…

I am prepared to close, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, as I mentioned earlier, it is important for Congress to study all of the Small Business Administration's Federal contracting programs regularly. H.R…

To close. Madam Speaker, small businesses and the American worker are the backbone of our economy. By empowering the SBA's resource partners, including small business development centers and women's business centers, to engage with the…

The SBDC program has delivered for small businesses for many years. The Small Business Workforce Pipeline Act of 2022 will help combat labor shortages by supporting apprenticeships and learning opportunities through SBDCs. This bill will…

Federal contracting remains a significant endeavor for many of the Nation's small businesses. H.R. 5879 ensures one of these programs, the HUBZone program, is ready to assist small business contractors. This legislation, which passed…

Tax cuts do work and hey need to be made permanent.

Veterans just need to be provided with an opportunity and they will succeed.

Our country cannot thank our veterans enough for their extraordinary courage, patriotism, sacrifice.

Do not forget small businesses that need operating capital before the big storm as you refer it.

Of course, this is before they have been leveled by a tornado or earthquake. They just want some help.

It is shocking to me that the SBA would request more taxpayer dollars for climate change in lieu of directing money to provide businesses with access to capital.

I can tell you that President Biden's SBA is out of touch with Main Street America.

I absolutely believe that the SBA should fight for small businesses.

Do you believe the SBA, regardless of who is in the White House, should fight for lower taxes, less regulations, and advocate for Main Street America?

The tax cuts that we passed in 2016, we need to make them permanent. Everybody is taking advantage of those.

So, Biden is skyrocketing inflation. We talked about that. Everybody is affected with this inflation and we have got no fix to it right now according to this administration.

An astounding 93 percent reported having only a few or no qualified applicants for the position they were trying to fill and that is because this administration is paying people not to work rather than to work and we have got to fix that.

Congress and the Biden administration need to do more to address the technical worker shortage that is hurting industries across the country.

The energy sector is an important industry in my home State of Texas, and I keep hearing from this Administration that it is the private sector's fault that they are not producing more.

Will you admit that government spending is a contributing factor to inflation?

You are one of the top voices in the Administration claiming inflation was transitory. Well, that has obviously proven to be extremely wrong.

The era of Big Government was supposed to be over.

I think this Administration, I think this Congress is making friends with inflation.

I urge all of my colleagues to support H.R. 7664, and I yield back the balance of my time.

The growing skills gap is hitting small businesses across the country extremely hard, and our country needs more plumbers, electricians, mechanics, and other skilled professionals who are the lifeblood of this economy.