Main Street at Work: Empowering Small Businesses to Deliver Greater Affordability

Small Business: House Committee · February 6, 2026

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Welcome and venue remarks

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Moderator/convenor (identified in transcript as Congressman Alford) opens the roundtable at the World War I Museum and introduces Chair Roger Williams and the bipartisan nature and purpose of the committee tour: to hear from small-business owners and community leaders. He frames the session as part of a nationwide listening tour.

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A bipartisan House Small Business Committee roundtable at the World War I Museum in Kansas City focused on barriers for Main Street businesses — access to capital, World Cup tourism readiness, workforce and housing shortages, and regulatory burdens. Local small-business owners and civic leaders described financing, export and workforce challenges and detailed local preparations for the 2026 World Cup.

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