Roger Williams

Infrastructure was once a common ground where Members on both sides of the aisle agreed.

raising taxes right now with inflation like it is is not at a benefit

The Infrastructure Law adds hundreds of billions of dollars in new debt, and let's face it, will only lead to higher taxes.

As we hold this hearing, inflation soars at a 40 year high, 7.5 percent.

I think we would not have to talk about tax holidays and so forth from a gas tax if we just cut taxes.

These kinds of burdensome regulations and requirements for you and myself create unnecessary barriers for all small businesses.

Raising taxes does not do your business any good?

Skyrocketing inflation continues to create uncertainty for small business owners across the country.

the best thing for business is if government simply gets out of the way and lets business owners work in the free market.

Nothing in the law was done to make any meaningful improvements to regulatory and permitting processes.

No personal income tax. All your people make more money.

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Cryptocurrencies have shown great promise to fill many shortcomings with the traditional financial services marketplace.

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This would give a massive advantage to all of the institutions who are most skeptical about cryptocurrencies.

Your report suggests that we should treat all stablecoin users as banks.

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easier, not harder would be what we want the SBA to understand.

So Ms. Presley, my question to you is, in your testimony you talked about how your business has struggled with the increase in the cost of goods due to inflation.

When I talk to business owners back in Texas, they are concerned about our supply chains, the out-of-control inflation and the constant threat of tax increases coming from the Democrats in Washington.

This was a necessary piece of legislation because it helped businesses that were some of the first to close and the last to open as a result of the pandemic.

Like all of you, I am a small business owner in Texas. I have been for 51 years.

I applaud businesses like yours, Ms. Presley, for being so resilient and able to hold off through this incompetency we saw at the SBA in order to access these funds.

this Committee and this agency is so political and the main street small business owner is getting squeezed right in the middle. This is going to have to change.