During Tuesday's House Republican leadership press briefing, Rep. Roger WIlliams (R-TX) discussed President Trump's economic agenda.
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00:00Thank you, Madam Chair, and this is going to be a great week for America.
00:05It's going to be a great week for small business.
00:07You know, small business represents 99% of our businesses in America are small businesses.
00:1250% of the payroll, 50% of the workforce is generated by Main Street America.
00:17And the American dream is living large right now, I will tell you what's ahead for us.
00:23We've got a great partnership between Senator Ernst and I and Administrator Loeffler.
00:27We're very closely together with the SBA, which is over purview of the Small Business Committee.
00:33But when you look at the opportunities that are out there for small business,
00:36small business is ready for the Trump tax cuts.
00:39When you talk about Trump tax cuts, you talk about less regulations, you talk about 100% expensing,
00:45unbelievable opportunities ahead for Main Street America.
00:49So we will celebrate that this week.
00:52One of the things we've already done with Administrator Loeffler and Senator Ernst and myself
00:58is we've already raised the – or we've filed to raise the $5 million loan max on manufacturing to $10 million.
01:08This is big.
01:09This is a big thing because now people can expand their business.
01:12They can get started in business.
01:14They can stay in business.
01:15So we've got a lot of great things happening.
01:17We should all be proud to live in this country, but also we've got the greatest economy in the world.
01:22It's going to get nothing but better, and the American dream is living and breathing as we speak right now.
01:26It's an honor to be the chair of the Small Business Committee and work with these people behind me.
01:30God bless.