Small Business

The hardworking families and small business owners of Main Street are the backbone of our economy.

For over 50 years, I have run a family-owned car dealership and calf-cow operation. As a small business owner, I know firsthand how policy impacts day-to-day operations, which guides my decisions as a legislator.

As Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, I am fighting each day to lower taxes and cut the burdensome regulations that hurt small businesses and stifle economic growth. I am committed to ensuring our nation's job creators have the tools and freedom they need to succeed.

Visit the HCSB website to stay updated on the important work my committee is doing to support small businesses in Texas and across the country.

Some of my work includes:

• My bill, H.R. 7129, the Put America on Commission Act of 2024, passed out of Committee, which maximizes recovery efforts for fraudulent pandemic loan funds.
   
• My bill to hold fraudsters accountable by prohibiting individuals convicted of defrauding the Government from receiving any future assistance from the SBA (H.R. 5427), passed the House of Representatives on November 28, 2023.
   
• The House passed my bill, H.R. 1606, the Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Act of 2023, which provides a path to help veterans begin their entrepreneurship journey in starting a small business through the Boots to Business program.
   
• My bill, H.R. 1730, Supporting Small Business and Career and Technical Education Act, passed out of Committee, which utilizes federal resources to assist small businesses in hiring recent graduates from career and technical education programs.