Last week, Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, and Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) hosted a roundtable titled “Main Street at Work: Empowering Small Businesses to Deliver Greater Affordability” in Kansas City, Mo., to hear directly from small businesses on how the Committee can best support them.
As the chair of the committee, Williams went to Kansas City with lawmakers from both parties to hear from small business owners about how his committee can support their growth.
Williams was joined by Reps. Mark Alford (R., Mo.), Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R., Northern Marina Islands), Troy Downing (R., Mont.), Derek Schmidt (R., Kansas), Gil Cisneros (D., Calif.), and Derek Tran (D., Calif.); for Williams’s inaugural roundtable was co-led by Alford.
The lawmakers were joined at the National WWI Museum and Memorial by a variety of local business owners, including Erik Bergrud, the senior vice president for Public Policy of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce; David Goodson, the president of Impact Signs Awnings Wraps, Inc.; Tracy Whelpley, the director of regional impact for KC2026; Jeff Martin, the president of Martin Underground; Andy Rieger, the president of J. Rieger & Co. Distillery, and Will Ruder, the executive vice president of the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City.
“Our Open Road roundtable in Kansas City reinforced what we know to be true: small businesses are the engine of the American economy,” Williams said following his first stop. “Hearing directly from small business owners about the challenges they face keeps the Committee’s work grounded in real-world experience. These conversations will continue to shape our efforts to cut red tape, lower costs, and ensure Main Street businesses have the freedom to grow and succeed.”
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