WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, issued the following statement regarding SBA Administrator Guzman’s refusal to testify before the full Committee to address the contradicting reports on COVID-19 pandemic lending program fraud from the Small Business Administration and the SBA’s Office of Inspector… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04) introduced the Successful Entrepreneurship for Reservists and Veterans (SERV) Act. This legislation commissions the Government Accountability Office to study and report on the ability of veteran and reservist small business owners to access credit. It also requires the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development to… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, along with Congressman Pete Stauber (R-MN), Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), and Congresswoman Maria Salazar (R-FL) issued the following statements after sending a letter to Administrator Regan of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding a new regulation and its… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, invited the Honorable Isabella Guzman, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), to testify before the Committee on Small Business alongside SBA Inspector General Hannibal “Mike” Ware on July 13th, 2023. The SBA Office of the Inspector General (OIG)… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Dan Meuser, Chairman of the Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access, and Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business issued the following statements after sending a letter to Commissioner Califf of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding a new regulation and its… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, issued the following statement regarding the latest Small Business Administration Office of Inspector General (SBA OIG) report on COVID-19 Pandemic EIDL and PPP Loan Fraud. “The latest OIG report on fraud within the pandemic loan programs shows significantly more criminal… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, issued the following statement after sending a letter with Vice Chairman Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) to the U.S. Department of Energy regarding a new regulation and its potentially adverse impacts on small businesses. “The federal government’s countless attempts to overburden and… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Committee on Small Business announced its July hearing schedule. Full Committee Hearing – “Pandemic Fraud Accountability: Reviewing the SBA Inspector General’s COVID-19 Fraud Report” Date & Time: Thursday, July 13th, 2023, at 2:00 P.M. EDT Location: Hearing Room, 2360 Rayburn House Office Building Full Committee Markup Date… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chairman Roger Williams (R-TX) and Congressman Jake Ellzey (R-TX) released the following statements on the passage of H.R. 1606, the Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Act. “After dedicating their lives to protect the freedom of all Americans, our veterans deserve access to the tools and resources to be successful when… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, and Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following statements after penning a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland seeking insight into the DOJ’s efforts to combat Chinese intellectual property… Read more »