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Mark Alford Touts Removal Of SBA Offices From 'Lawless' Sanctuary Cities 'Fueled By Woke Politics'
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6/5/2025
During debate on the House floor, Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) spoke in support of HR 2931.
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The gentleman from Missouri, Mr. Alford, is recognized for as much time as he may consume.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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Thank you, Chairman, for this important piece of legislation.
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Thank you to our ranking member for your passion and your concern for small businesses in America.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 2931, the Save SBA from Sanctuary
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Cities Act, championed by my good friend, Congressman Finstad.
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Look, Mr. Speaker, this is not about a culture war in America.
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This is about putting American small business owners first while ensuring lawless sanctuary
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cities do not reap the benefits of hosting SBA offices.
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It's pretty simple, folks.
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This is all about protecting American small businesses and making sure that federal taxpayer
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dollars are not funneled into lawless sanctuary cities that put illegal aliens ahead of their
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own citizens.
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Why should hardworking American entrepreneurs and law-abiding communities be second in line
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to support from their own government?
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They shouldn't be.
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This bill will relocate SBA regional offices from sanctuary jurisdictions to communities
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that actually respect the rule of law, that actually put American citizens first.
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And that is not controversial.
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It's just common sense.
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President Biden's open border policies let in millions, millions of illegal aliens, unvetted
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illegal aliens, including dangerous, violent criminals.
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The woke policies of Democrat-run sanctuary cities fueled by woke politics have become magnets
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for chaos, stretching public resources to the brink and crowding out citizens who actually
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follow the law.
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And what happens?
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Well, it often depletes the public resources meant for U.S. citizens.
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Moving SBA offices into non-sanctuary jurisdictions is a step in the right direction.
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Let me be clear, Mr. Speaker.
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The federal government should not reward sanctuary cities with permanent SBA infrastructure.
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It's just wrong.
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And it's not wrong and, quite frankly, insulting to every law-abiding taxpayer and every small
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business owner struggling to stay afloat.
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We've got to move these offices.
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This legislation is another example of House Republicans working to codify President Trump's
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executive orders.
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In March, SBA Administrator Loeffler announced a series of actions to put Americans first,
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including moving SBA regional offices out of sanctuary cities.
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This bill makes it law, backs that up.
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This common sense legislation, as well as others we are voting on this week, put Americans and
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American small businesses first.
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Puts Main Street first.
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But, Mr. Speaker, we can't stop there.
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There are many cities that share the same lawless woke policies as sanctuary cities.
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They're soft on crime, even if they don't wear the sanctuary label outright.
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Kansas City is one of those, just one example.
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It's not officially designated as a sanctuary city, but it might as well be a first cousin
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of one.
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That's exactly why I've asked Administrator Loeffler to relocate the SBA regional office
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from Kansas City in Missouri's 5th congressional district down to our district in the 4th.
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Because at the end of the day, American citizens and small businesses should not be the ones being
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served by SBA offices, not illegal aliens in sanctuary cities.
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Let's get serious.
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Let's put America first.
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Like we had the mandate to do in November, the America First agenda led by President Donald
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J. Trump.
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I urge my colleagues to support and vote yes for H.R.
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2931.
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And, Mr. Speaker, with that, I yield back.
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