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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, December 2, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><02:27:08.000><c> Business</c> for advocacy of the Small Business for advocacy of the Small Business
- compliance costs on small businesses.
- </c> compliance costs on small businesses. compliance costs on small businesses.
- The paycheck protection program imposed significant compliance burdens on small businesses.
- burdens on small significant compliance burdens on small businesses.<05:27:08.560><c> But</c><05:27:
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, January 20, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Small businesses don't need special treatment.
- Small businesses don't need special treatment.
- A bill to amend the Small Business Act to require Small Business Development Centers to assist small
- H.R. 5784, a bill to amend the Small Business Act to help small businesses critically evaluate artificial
- A bill to amend the Small Business Act to require small business development centers to assist small
Keywords:
AI for Main Street Act, artificial intelligence, small business, small business development centers, SBDC, Small Business Act, business technology, digital transformation, cybersecurity, data protection, intellectual property, regulatory compliance, business training, entrepreneurship, technology adoption, AI literacy, outreach, main street businesses, Main Street Parity Act, Small Business Investment Act of 1958
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, December 3, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Kim from East Greenwich runs a small business with her husband, an appraisal company.
- a small business with her husband, runs a small business with her husband, an<00:35:29.839><c> appraisal
- Union Calendar No. 82, H.R. 2965, a bill to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration
- to ensure that the small business regulatory budget for a small business concern in a fiscal year is
- Union Calendar No. 333, H.R. 4305, a bill to direct the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business
Keywords:
digital workers, creators, platform economy, independent contractors, portable benefits, income stability, transparency, algorithmic systems, small businesses, fair treatment, small business, regulatory burden, advocacy, government oversight, compliance assistance, Red Tape Hotline, regulatory budget, Small Business Administration, fiscal responsibility, rulemaking
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development May 21st, 2025
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- We represent over 20,000 small business owners here in Texas.
- I have many of these small business owners who are impacted by natural disasters.
- Small businesses need an injection of capital to get them through.
- This bill will help small businesses have access to capital so they can cover crucial expenses.
- On behalf of our small businesses, I would ask for your favorable consideration.
Keywords:
SB 1361, Texas disaster recovery loan, small business loan, micro-business loan, community development financial institution, CDFI, economic disaster assistance, post-disaster financing, business recovery fund, Texas Economic Development Bank, zero-interest loan, working capital, payroll support, health benefits, job retention, declared disaster, small business relief, microenterprise, franchise exclusion, private equity-backed business
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/4/26
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- businesses and veteran-owned small businesses.
- and services from small businesses with small<00:08:43.440><c> business</c><00:08:43.919><c> procurement
- </c><00:09:01.120><c> small</c><00:09:01.440><c> businesses,</c> businesses, targeted small businesses
- , businesses, targeted small businesses, and<00:09:02.640><c> veteranowned</c><00:09:03.680><c> small
- We do work with small businesses.
Keywords:
tribal governments, Metropolitan Council, grant programs, funding, local government, small business, contracting, veteran-owned businesses, compliance, government contracts, housing finance, reporting requirements, regional development, city programs, elected officials, campaign access, multiple unit dwellings, residential access, voter registration
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, March 26, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Res. 75. lose situation for small business owners lose situation for small business owners and<04:08:
- just</c> position on small businesses uh is just position on small businesses uh is just false<04:12
- ><c> on</c> on small businesses that rely on on small businesses that rely on Commercial<04:14:17.840
- ><c> bars</c> small businesses like restaurants bars small businesses like restaurants bars retailers
- ><c> if</c> on small businesses and consumers if on small businesses and consumers if small<04:38:29.240
Bills:
HJR75
Keywords:
HJR75, H.J.Res. 75, Congressional Review Act, CRA, Department of Energy, DOE, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, energy conservation standards, commercial refrigerators, commercial freezers, refrigerator-freezers, appliance standards, energy efficiency, federal regulation, regulatory disapproval, small business compliance, manufacturers, commercial refrigeration, Public Law 119-9
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, February 23, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It's time to ensure Small businesses can harness these capabilities as well.
- Speaker, I rise in support of the Small Business AI Advancement Act.
- It would build on NIST's Small Business Cybersecurity Corner program to help small businesses by providing
- IT WOULD BUILD ON NIST SMALL BUSINESS CYBERSECURITY CORNER PROGRAM TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES BY PROVIDING
- small business efforts to harness the power of this technology.
Keywords:
aviation safety, Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, air traffic management, pilot training, regulatory compliance, contracting, education requirements, federal contracts, workforce development, bidder eligibility, artificial intelligence, small business, technical standards, best practices, cybersecurity, satellite technology, scientific research, space exploration, data access, innovation
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 3, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><03:36:49.200><c> business</c> and accessible to small business and accessible to small business
- </c><03:50:28.000><c> Business</c> Predictability and Small Business Predictability and Small Business
- </c><03:51:47.600><c> Business</c> Predictability in Small Business Predictability in Small Business
- </c><03:55:30.800><c> business</c> predictability in small business predictability in small business
- </c> to start their own small business. to start their own small business.
Keywords:
7(a) loan program, Small Business Administration, SBA, small business lending, loan brokers, loan consultants, referral agents, loan intermediaries, fraud oversight, transparency, reporting requirements, loan fees, referral fees, interest rates, business financing, small business loans, lender oversight, application assistance, Congressional reporting, small business
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, June 5, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> concern for small businesses in America. concern for small businesses in America.
- :27:39.120><c> business</c> about putting American small business about putting American small business
- </c><02:33:36.560><c> business</c> outreach, and even in small business outreach, and even in small business
- </c> These are successful small businesses. These are successful small businesses.
- </c> war and save our small businesses. Mr. war and save our small businesses. Mr.
Keywords:
small business lending company, SBLC, SBA lending, Small Business Administration, section 7 loans, small business loans, loan guarantee, lender cap, financial institutions, credit access, small business finance, nonprofit lenders, business lending, CEASE Act, House passage, Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, sanctuary jurisdictions, office relocation, immigration policy, government operations
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, December 1, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> country's 36 million small businesses. country's 36 million small businesses.
- businesses uh or certifying small businesses uh or certifying small businesses<02:24:23.840><c> to</
- </c> small businesses afloat. small businesses afloat.
- ><c> Business</c> pandemic, the Small Business pandemic, the Small Business Administration<02:35:21.600
- </c> small businesses. And I yield back. small businesses. And I yield back.
Bills:
HB4423 , HB5348 , HB4430 , HB4431 , HB4429 , HB3716 , HR225 , HB5349 , HB5346 , HB5345 , HB5284 , HB4313 , HR1262 , SB616 , HR176 , HB2159 , HB4323 , HB2066 , HB4549 , HB4495 , HB4491 , HB3174
Keywords:
Burma, Myanmar, World Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, foreign aid, sanctions, military coup, democracy, development financing, multilateral lending, Treasury Department, Executive Director, international financial institutions, human rights, junta, national interest waiver, Social Security, SSN, Social Security number
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, March 27, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> which</c><00:25:49.360><c> are</c> These same small businesses, which are These same small businesses
- By doing so, we will protect small businesses from unnecessary compliance cost and preserve the diversity
- </c><00:36:02.000><c> from</c> will protect small businesses from will protect small businesses from
- businesses for no families and small businesses for no real<00:39:38.040><c> benefit.
- Businesses that are small businesses.
Keywords:
House resolution, committee assignment, standing committee, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, committee membership, committee seniority, Mr. Menefee, Mr. Riley of New York, House organization, congressional procedure, internal rules, legislative administration, HJR75, H.J.Res. 75, Congressional Review Act, CRA, Department of Energy, DOE, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, energy conservation standards
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> of</c> that small businesses lost hundreds of that small businesses lost hundreds of millions<00
- </c> for small business owners. for small business owners.
- </c><00:54:08.480><c> business,</c> affect all of us, small business, affect all of us, small business
- </c> responded the climate for small responded the climate for small businesses. businesses. businesses
- </c> to be supporting our small businesses. to be supporting our small businesses.
Bills:
HF4477
Keywords:
Minnesota business recovery loan program, small business loan, zero-interest loan, forgivable loan, business recovery, economic development, small business emergency loan account, Minnesota Initiative Foundations, nonprofit lenders, greater Minnesota, Twin Cities metro, seven-county metropolitan area, immigration enforcement, business interruption, revenue loss, job preservation, business stabilization, state appropriation, forward fund, loan forgiveness
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, July 21, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><04:56:49.440><c> business</c> SEC's advocate for small business SEC's advocate for small business
- This bipartisan bill would direct the SEC to assess the costs of compliance for small and growing businesses
- </c> America's millions of small businesses. America's millions of small businesses.
- </c> of small businesses. of small businesses.
- </c> small businesses will be. small businesses will be.
Bills:
HB3351 , HB3095 , HB1450 , HB1716 , HB1764 , HB3395 , HB2384 , HB3357 , HB3339 , HB1469 , HB3343 , HB3382 , HR1043 , HR131 , HR183 , HR672 , HB2625 , HB2170 , SB201 , SB423
Keywords:
small business, capital formation, financial regulation, Securities Exchange Act, Paperwork Reduction Act, ZIP Code, postal service, community designation, local governance, postal infrastructure, OFAC, Office of Foreign Assets Control, sanctions, licensing, investigators, private sector firms, nominal transactions, financial transactions, pilot program, FinCEN
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/25/26
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- It also clarifies that small businesses must comply with local zoning ordinances, the state fire code
- with those or if the city does not confirm that the business is in compliance. addresses some of the
- </c><00:21:20.080><c> comply</c><00:21:20.480><c> with</c> that small businesses must comply with that
- small businesses must comply with local<00:21:21.039><c> zoning</c><00:21:21.520><c> ordinances,</c>
- </c><00:21:34.400><c> So,</c> That the business is in compliance.
Bills:
HF4348 , HF4186 , HF4202 , HF4455 , HF3884 , HF3883 , HF3882 , HF3881 , HF2688 , HF3295 , HF3862 , HF3362 , HF4242 , HF3798
Keywords:
HF4186, Minnesota local government finance, housing and redevelopment authority, HRA, public investment authority, qualifying government, State Board of Investment, SBI, index mutual fund, multifamily housing development, long-term equity investment, investment-grade fixed income, federally insured securities, government-sponsored entities, municipal investing, local government investments, housing finance, public funds, investment policy, risk of loss
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- As a small business owner who has endured the hardships of the premiums for increasing auto insurance
- These costs are few but burdensome for small businesses like mine to afford.
- Overhead as a small business owner doesn't wait. Those bills for me are due every month.
- I represent businesses, small and large, and defend them in support. of this bill.
- Secondly, we run a small business; our clinic employs about 125 people.
Bills:
SB30 , SB517 , SB1313 , SB1314 , SB1316 , SB1541 , SB1698 , SB1845 , SB1860 , SB2420 , SB2429
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
Keywords:
gambling, criminal offenses, penalties, defense, electronic devices, tobacco advertising, youth protection, public health, criminal offense, retailer regulation, e-cigarettes, nicotine products, health, public safety, regulation, advertising restrictions, health and safety, elections, election audit, county elections
Summary:
The Senate Committee on State Affairs convened to discuss several critical pieces of legislation including SB30 and SB38. Senator Betancourt introduced a committee substitute for SB38 which underwent a smooth adoption process, moving it favorably toward the Senate. The meeting featured a mix of invited testimonies where both proponents and opponents took the floor. One notable highlight included a testimony from Melissa Casey, who criticized the current legal state as prone to fraud and detrimental to both insurers and the public at large, contending that it inflated insurance costs across the board. The discussions delved deeply into the implications of the bills on judicial processes and potential insurance ramifications, with spirited debates surrounding issues of non-economic damages and jury rights.
The atmosphere remained engaged as committee members heard varied perspectives on the bills, showcasing a robust democratic process. The meeting underscored the importance of public testimony in shaping legislation, ensuring that multiple voices were considered as the committee pressed on towards making decisions that affect the legal landscape of Texas.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, March 17, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:09:28.080><c> owners,</c> public advocates, business owners, public advocates, business owners
- From that small act in 1946 grew the City Rescue Mission, an institution that has spent eight decades
- Speaker, and I yield back. worship, in the business community to worship, in the business community to
- This is a 15-minute vote. unfinished business is the vote on the unfinished business is the vote on the
- Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentlewoman
Keywords:
rules resolution, special rule, House procedure, floor consideration, lead ammunition, lead tackle, fishing tackle, hunting, wildlife management, federal lands, federal waters, Department of the Interior, Department of Agriculture, immigration and nationality act, inadmissible, deportable, public benefits fraud, fraud against the United States, alien deportation, law enforcement animals
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Business meeting to consider S.298, to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate 30 percent of the employees assigned to headquarters to duty stations outside the Washington metropolitan area, S.300, to improve accoun Feb 12th, 2025 at 08:30 am
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- I call the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship to order.
- The Senate created this committee to help all small businesses compete with larger firms.
- business owners and homeowners who have utilized SBA programs. of small business owners and homeowners
- all small businesses, not just a select few.
- What I do know is that a significant percent of businesses in Nevada are small businesses, and they have
Keywords:
employee relocation, headquarters, Small Business Administration, Washington metropolitan area, telework, cost reduction, rural markets, geographic diversity, disaster loans, accountability, reporting, loan forgiveness, federal funding, SBA reforms, small business, disaster assistance, transparency, report publication, government accountability
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Commerce and Small Business Committee Feb 18th, 2026
Commerce and Small Business
Transcript Highlights:
- What it does, it protects small business owners with significant financial stake from having to choose
- It encourages transparency in business contracts, being that expected work days must be disclosed upfront
- It encourages transparency in business contracts, being that expected work days must be disclosed upfront
- First question that usually comes up: does this bill force franchisors to close business on Sundays or
- and they've not been open and business and they've not been open and they<00:11:34.399><c> want</c><
Committee:
House Commerce and Small Business
Keywords:
financial services, banking, insurance, debanking, social credit score, ESG, environmental, social, and governance, diversity, equity, and inclusion, DEI, religious freedom, free speech, viewpoint discrimination, political discrimination, firearms, gun industry, ammunition, fossil fuels, oil and gas, mining, timber
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Mar 12th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- So that if you're a small business owner or a big business or just a member of the public or a licensee
- As a small business owner myself, I would love to have a resource.
- I am elated as a small business owner. business owner to have something like this.
- The small business owners I talk to are tough.
- And there's a portal that helps small businesses comply with these regulations.
Committee:
House Delivery of Government Efficiency
Keywords:
regulatory reform, government efficiency, administrative law, rulemaking, agency deference, judicial review, de novo review, Texas Government Code, Administrative Procedure Act, state agencies, plain language, regulatory burden, regulatory reduction, cost-benefit analysis, fiscal note, public benefits and costs, contested case, rule challenge, Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, advisory panel
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- to small businesses.
- SBA's small business contracting programs help connect eligible small businesses with federal Eligible
- Small businesses are 210% Small businesses are 210% more likely to experience cyber incidents compared
- running small firms, city small business services, and regulatory compliance.
- Business Administration's Office of Advocacy to ensure small businesses, small business concerns don't
Bills:
HB2323 , HB6644 , SB629 , HB8882 , HB8881 , HB8880 , HB8879 , HB4238 , HR915 , HR826 , HB7401 , HB7396
Keywords:
Big Bend National Park, land acquisition, boundary adjustment, Secretary of the Interior, conservation, housing, affordability, institutional investors, vacant properties, grants, homeownership, urban development, Holodomor, Ukraine famine, 1932-1933 famine, genocide recognition, Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, collectivization, grain confiscation