Roger Williams

H.R. 8014, the Transparency and Predictability in Small Business Opportunities Act, seeks to bring clarity to small business owners.

I urge my colleagues to vote yes, on both the amendment and the nature of substitute on H.R. 5333 and the underlying bill.

This program expands the options available to our nation's job creators to assess vital funding to grow and expand their operations.

The gentleman yields back.

I am grateful to Representatives Pappas and Bean for introducing this legislation so that rural Americans will have full access to their resources when disaster strikes.

It makes sense then that a one-size-fits-all outreach and marketing plan from the SBA is inadequate.

H.R. 7984, the Rural Small Business Resilience Act, will require the SBA to meet communities where they are following a disaster.

Main Street America has been forced to play defense every day thanks to this administration's regulatory agenda.

I am proud to support this legislation, proud to be on this with Mr. Mfume.

The regulations it has put on small business are unbelievable, and like I say, the very people they think they are helping, they are hurting.

The CFPB's goal is to protect consumers from abusive financial practices, but like everything else the government does, the people they want to help, they actually hurt.

The CFPB's regulatory agenda has been a nonstop parade of partisan politics and wish list items from the Biden Administration.

Checks and balances are a vital function of our government to ensure accountability, and the funding structure of CFPB lacks appropriate oversight.

The CFPB must be held accountable for the damage they are causing in financial institutions, their customers, and small business owners.

Main street is faced with a continuing disadvantage when it comes to accessing capital.

Heavenly Father, God of all people, thank you for allowing us to be here today to do what we can to preserve the greatest country in the world we love to call the United States of America.

I always look at, when evaluating any government program or anything, is a return on investment, which they don't understand about here in Washington.

Overspending poured gasoline on the inflation fire.

Our government spending is currently on an unsustainable path, in case you were not aware of that.

I am a small business owner back in Texas like you are. And you used some words today that the federal government doesn't understand.

We have seen an increase in ransomware attacks on individual Americans--we talked about that, we know that--but also, large multinational companies...

I am a small business owner in Texas, and I can tell you that small business and Main Street are getting hammered by this, and it is devastating.

This climate rule will open various challenges for companies which are already public or for companies which are looking to go public.

The SEC's purpose is to allow American businesses to compete, not to try and tie them down with excessive compliance costs and burdensome regulations, which seems to be what we are going through with this Administration.

The SEC must return to their core mission and protect the interests of all investors and public companies, not just those who are fixated on politicizing boardrooms and our capital markets.