Foxx Opening Remarks on H.R. 2483, H.R. 2931, H.R. 2966, and H.R. 2987

June 3, 2025

As prepared for delivery:

Good afternoon, the Committee will come to order. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time.

Today, the Rules Committee is convening to consider four separate measures: H.R. 2483, H.R. 2931, H.R. 2966, and H.R. 2987.

H.R. 2483, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025, reauthorizes programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery.

This legislation presents us with an opportunity to build upon the progress made in 2018 by President Trump, Republicans, and Democrats when the original SUPPORT Act was signed into law.

Republicans led the creation of a bipartisan coalition in 2018 in support of that legislation, and we have no intention of walking away from our record of progress.

We can and should pass this legislation so that every American can receive the treatment necessary to help fight their battle with addiction.

H.R. 2931, the Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025, would require the U.S. Small Business Administration to relocate offices located in jurisdictions that have adopted sanctuary policies, codifying an announcement by Administrator Loeffler in furtherance of two of President Trump’s Executive Orders.

Sanctuary jurisdictions across the nation aid in the obstruction of federal immigration law enforcement – and the policies of these jurisdictions pose a direct threat to American citizens and communities.

I need not remind our colleagues across the aisle of the wave of violent crime caused by illegal aliens just one year ago that resulted in countless deaths of Americans that could have been prevented.

Under this legislation, if an SBA office is currently within a city that is a sanctuary jurisdiction, it will be relocated to another area within that same state.

H.R. 2966, the American Entrepreneurs First Act of 2025, protects hardworking taxpayers by ensuring that lawful, eligible applicants are the only ones who can access programs that are administered by the Small Business Administration.

Let me make two things crystal clear:

Noncitizens shouldn’t be afforded loans and financing backed by American taxpayers.
Illegal aliens do not deserve this public benefit at the expense of lawful residents.

H.R. 2966 requires the:

Submission of the date of birth for each individual applicant or business owner;
Certification that each applicant is a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or lawful permanent resident—or, in the case of businesses, that 100% of owners meet these criteria;
Disclosure of alien registration numbers for lawful permanent residents; and
Certification that no direct or indirect business owner is an “ineligible person,” including asylees, refugees, visa holders, DACA recipients, or undocumented individuals.

H.R. 2966 is a commonsense piece of legislation that should not even merit controversy or opposition.

H.R. 2987, the Capping Excessive Awarding of SBLC Entrants Act of 2025, amends the Small Business Act to require a limit on the number of small business lending companies.

This legislation constitutes a rightful, overdue fix to a wrongheaded change by the Biden-Harris administration that was born out of its own woke agenda.

Unlike certified depository institutions, whose primary regulator is the Federal Reserve, SBLCs are primarily regulated by the SBA and are not subject to the same safety and soundness regulations.

The SBA’s regulatory resources are limited and its ability to regulate the existing SBLCs was already in question before this change.

But the Biden-Harris Administration decided that there should be no upper limit with respect to the amount of SBLCs in operation. This move was met with bipartisan concerns for its obvious impact on loan program integrity.

This legislation limits the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to authorizing not more than 16 small business lending companies that are not nonprofit entities to make loans under section 7 of the Small Business Actat any time.

Democrats need to abandon this reckless policymaking and restore the SBA loan program to the framework that was already working.

Anything less will cost our constituents who truly benefit from this program by limiting their future access to loans as the integrity of oversight suffers.

As always, I’ll happily invite our Democrat colleagues to join us in voting in favor of this slate of four bills.

With that, I look forward to today’s discussion, and I now yield to the Ranking Member, Mr. McGovern, for any comments that he wishes to make.

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