[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 48 (Thursday, March 17, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H3787]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 INFLATION'S IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESSES

  (Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas. Madam Speaker, rising gas prices and 
skyrocketing inflation are having major impacts on small businesses. In 
Hico, Texas, Mark Chapman of the Chapman Cattle Company said it best: 
``We see smaller revenue and return on our products when the prices of 
gas increase, and it may be the death of small businesses, ranchers, 
and farmers, as we know it.''
  Chapman Cattle Company is one of the many small businesses that are 
struggling to keep up with record-high gas prices due to President 
Biden's anti-energy agenda.
  Democrats continue to ignore Main Street's plea to get gas prices 
down and inflation under control. Small businesses weathered tough 
economic conditions throughout the pandemic only to be met with Biden's 
Green New Deal agenda that threatens everybody in all communities 
forever.
  I will continue to fight for small businesses, work to get the 
government out of our lives, and let the free market compete and do 
great things.
  In God we trust.

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