Roger Williams

Domestic oil and gas is the lifeblood of our economy.

I think it is time for us as a country to unleash American energy.

The SEC's proposed climate requirements will cost companies millions of dollars to ensure they properly comply with these burdensome rules.

The SEC's rulemaking process is unprecedented, proposing over 50 rulemakings since the spring of 2021.

Because when you make small businesses smaller because of regulations, it is not going to work.

We know it is all passed down to the consumer.

Our mission and the mission of regulators should be to allow the economy to thrive, not tighten their grip on the financial system.

I urge my colleagues to support this legislation. It is the right thing to do to protect the integrity of the Small Business Administration and to ensure that taxpayer dollars are used wisely.

It is simply wrong that criminals who are convicted of defrauding the government can then turn around and receive once again taxpayer funded assistance from the SBA.

This bill provides common sense accountability by ensuring that people who abused SBA's loan programs are no longer eligible for financial assistance from the SBA.

This bill will ensure that reporting fraud is simply one click away.

I am proud to support H.R. 5426, which will require the SBA to place a visible link on their website to the Office of the Inspector General page where individuals can easily report potentially fraudulent EIDL and PPP loans.

I urge all of my colleagues to support this legislation, and I yield back.

The SBA Rural Performance Report Act will create more transparency between rural small business owners and the SBA's Office of Rural Affairs.

Competition is a key tenet of capitalism. It allows consumers to choose with their dollars between businesses that will offer the best product, the best price or service.

The Main Street Competes Act will ensure small businesses are able to compete in the marketplace against larger businesses.

I was hoping we would be marking up a bill to put guardrails back on the SBA's flagship 7(a) lending program.

I am proud that we are finding solutions to hold the criminals accountable who took advantage of small business lending programs during the pandemic.

Small businesses are the engines of our economy, and we need to produce policies that will help them, not regulate them into oblivion like this administration is doing.

It is the responsibility of this Committee to be main street's voice in Congress, and that is exactly what we are here to do today.

Small business across the country have faced underserved hardship for quite some time now thanks to the Biden administration's misguided economic policies.

U.S. banking standards much more stringent than the standards European regulators are imposing on European banks...

The Basel III proposal will worsen mortgage markets and reduce mortgage availability.

The Biden Administration is out of control. Government spending has led to record-high inflation, and increased interest rates...

These proposed changes will dramatically affect the banking community, and there is a legitimate concern that Basel revisions will have a broad impact on small businesses' ability to access reliable credit.