Roger Williams

So, I think it is really up to the agencies then to determine why are you awarding to the same company.

Stability. And I think some of these resource programs that we talked about so we can do more would help.

The Small Business Act requires the SBA to report annually to Congress on the SBIR and STTR programs.

We just actually got some funding from NSF to award a contract with Howard University that is on an SBR Inclusion Study.

Do you think that lowering taxes benefits small businesses like those in the SBA or raising taxes would be good for small business?

The administration should be focusing on alleviating the supply chain crisis, solving the worker shortage, and lowering regulatory costs

The SBA was by far the worst at distributing business savings funds for the last 2 years

Any time that you can get a positive cash flow to invest in R&D or even buy equipment it helps.

This will reduce tax benefits for companies investing in R&D and will result in less domestic innovation, fewer jobs.

In 2017, I helped pass the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act which provided historic relief for small businessowners and Americans across the country.

So I think if we had some more resources.

The only measures that we have are a DoD study. And I am going to get the years wrong but it was a 10-year timeframe that I think ended in--well, I will not quote it.

So anything we can do to help on the commercialization side is obviously important.

So I will give you an example. Progeny Systems had I think over 300 awards over a 20-something year period.

If Congress legislated SBIR agencies to transfer a portion of their 3 percent administrative funds to SBA, how would that help your office administer the program?

The total funding for the SBIR programs has increased as we have noted, as has the responsibilities for SBA.

So I think the approach is worth expanding.

Sure. So, increasing geographic and demographic diversity is a priority of mine.

A lapse would be catastrophic. It would mean $4.2 billion to the fund, 4,000 companies actively, 7,000 awards would really go to large prime contractors.

Yes, if you reduce regulations, you reduce taxes, you let Main Street compete, competition drives everything.

So, what should we be talking about is government greed, not corporate greed.

There is no mass conspiracy, I have news for everybody, between every business in America to squeeze the consumers to raise their profits.

Profits are good. Profits mean jobs.

Unfortunately, we have seen the Biden Administration implement many new, time-consuming regulations that are forcing businesses... away from productive activities.

We know that there is a lag period between the Federal Reserve's actions and the inflammatory implications being felt in the economy.