House Committee on Small Business 119th Organizational Meeting

Committee on Small Business

2025-01-22

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Summary

The Committee on Small Business for the 119th Congress convened to establish its rules and formalize its authorization and oversight plan. The meeting introduced new and returning members, including Democrats such as Gil Cisneros, Kelly Morrison, and Derek Tran, as well as returning members like Morgan McGarvey and LaMonica McKeever. Key topics included reducing regulatory burdens on small businesses, improving access to capital, modernizing SBA programs, and ensuring efficient, transparent oversight of federal rules. The committee affirmed its bipartisan commitment to supporting Main Street America through pro-growth legislation and direct engagement with entrepreneurs. The adopted plan will be submitted to oversight committees and made public by March 1, outlining agency responsibilities and funding recommendations for small business programs.

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The committee will now come to order, and without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time.  I want to welcome all of our members, both returning and new to the organizational meeting of the Committee on Small Business for the 119th Congress.  This meeting will proceed as follows.  First, Ranking Member Velazquez, and I will introduce our members on each side, and then we'll introduce and officially approve our subcommittee chairs.   Next, we will officially adopt our committee rules.  And finally, we will officially adopt our committee's authorization and oversight plan.  I want to take a moment to recognize Ranking Member Velazquez.  I know Chairman Williams and our members look forward to working together again to help the small businesses in this nation grow, innovate, and create jobs.  And together, we can craft legislation and conduct oversight to address the many issues facing small businesses today.   Now I want to introduce the new majority members of this committee.  Congressman Brad Finstad from Minnesota, Congressman Tony Weed from Wisconsin, Congressman Rob Bresnahan from Pennsylvania, Congressman Brian Jack from Georgia, Congressman Troy Downing from Montana, Congressman Kim King-Hines from Northern Marian Islands, and Congressman Derek Schmidt from Kansas.   I also want to welcome back our members returning to our committee.  Congressman Pete Stauber from Minnesota, who is returning to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chain to this Congress.  Congressman Dan Muser from Pennsylvania, who previously served as chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access.   Myself, previously serving as chair of the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations.  Congressman Jake Elsie from Texas, who served on our Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development, as well as the Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure.  Congressman Mark Alford from Missouri, who served on our Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations.   as well as the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access.
And finally, Congressman Nick Lolota from New York, who served as our chairman for the Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure last Congress.  We are excited to have all of you join us for the 119th, and I'm looking forward to what we can accomplish together.  And with that, I yield to our distinguished ranking member from New York, Ms. Velazquez.
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Good morning and thank you Madam Chair.  I'm looking forward to working with you and Chairman Williams again this Congress.  Before we get started I just want to convey our sympathies to the Chairman and his family at this time.  We will keep him in our thoughts.   I hope that in this Congress we can continue our bipartisan tradition and show our constituents and our new members that we are addressing the issues that small firms care about.

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