MAIN STREET PARITY ACT

On 2026-01-20, Representative Michael Lawler (R-NY-17) delivered a floor speech titled "MAIN STREET PARITY ACT" in the House. The speech addressed taxes and also covered housing. It referenced legislation: HR5763.

MAIN STREET PARITY ACT

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 13 (Tuesday, January 20, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 20, 2026)] [House] [Pages H939-H940] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] MAIN STREET PARITY ACT The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5763) to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to modify the criteria for loans for plant acquisition, construction, conversion or expansion, and for other purposes, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Williams) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 383, nays 8, not voting 40, as follows: [Roll No. 32] YEAS--383 Adams Aderholt Aguilar Alford Allen Amo Amodei (NV) Ansari Arrington Auchincloss Babin Bacon Balderson Balint Barr Barragan Barrett Baumgartner Bean (FL) Beatty Begich Bell Bentz Bera Bergman Beyer Bice Biggs (AZ) Biggs (SC) Bilirakis Bishop Boebert Bonamici Bost Boyle (PA) Bresnahan Brown Brownley Buchanan Budzinski Burchett Burlison Bynum Calvert Cammack Carbajal Carey Carson Carter (GA) Carter (LA) Carter (TX) Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Cline Cloud Clyburn Clyde Cohen Cole Collins Comer Conaway Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crane Crank Crawford Crow Cuellar Davis (IL) Davis (NC) De La Cruz Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier DesJarlais Dexter Diaz-Balart Dingell Doggett Donalds Downing Dunn (FL) Edwards Elfreth Ellzey Emmer Escobar Espaillat Estes Evans (CO) Evans (PA) Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Fields Figures Fine Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Flood Foster Foushee Foxx Frankel, Lois Franklin, Scott Friedman Frost Fry Fulcher Garamendi Garbarino Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gill (TX) Gillen Golden (ME) Goldman (NY) Goldman (TX) Gomez Gonzales, Tony Gonzalez, V. Gooden Goodlander Gosar Gottheimer Graves Gray Green, Al (TX) Griffith Grijalva Grothman Guest Guthrie Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Harder (CA) Haridopolos Harris (NC) Harshbarger Hayes Hern (OK) Higgins (LA) Himes Hinson Horsford Houchin Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Hudson Hurd (CO) Issa Jack Jackson (IL) Jackson (TX) Jacobs James Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (LA) Johnson (SD) Johnson (TX) Jordan Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Kean Keating Kelly (IL) Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (NY) Kennedy (UT) Khanna Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim Krishnamoorthi Kustoff LaHood LaLota Landsman Langworthy Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Latta Lee (FL) Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Letlow Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Loudermilk Lucas Luttrell Lynch Mace Magaziner Malliotakis Maloy Mann Mannion Massie Matsui McBath McBride McClain McClellan McClintock McCollum McCormick McDonald Rivet McDowell McGarvey McGovern McGuire McIver Meeks Menendez Meng Messmer Meuser Mfume Miller (IL) Miller (OH) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Mills Min Moolenaar Moore (AL) Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moore (WI) Moore (WV) Moran Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Moulton Mrvan Mullin Nadler Neal Neguse Newhouse Norcross Norman Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ogles Olszewski Omar Onder Owens Pallone Palmer Panetta Pappas Patronis Perez Perry Peters Pettersen Pfluger Pingree Pou Pressley Quigley Randall Raskin Reschenthaler Riley (NY) Rivas Rogers (KY) Rose Ross Rouzer Roy Ruiz Rulli Rutherford Ryan Salazar Salinas Sanchez Scalise Scanlon Schakowsky Schmidt [[Page H940]] Schneider Schrier Schweikert Scott (VA) Scott, Austin Scott, David Sessions Sewell Sherman Simon Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smith (WA) Sorensen Soto Stansbury Stanton Steil Steube Stevens Strickland Strong Stutzman Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Takano Taylor Tenney Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Thompson (PA) Timmons Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Trahan Tran Turner (OH) Underwood Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Walberg Walkinshaw Waters Watson Coleman Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Whitesides Wied Williams (GA) Williams (TX) Wilson (SC) Wittman Yakym Zinke NAYS--8 Brecheen Davids (KS) Davidson Fletcher Harrigan Knott Self Spartz NOT VOTING--40 Baird Casar Cherfilus-McCormick Ciscomani Crenshaw Crockett Fong Gimenez Harris (MD) Hill (AR) Houlahan Huffman Huizenga Hunt Ivey Jayapal Lawler Luna Mackenzie Mast McCaul McClain Delaney Murphy Nehls Ocasio-Cortez Pelosi Pocan Ramirez Rogers (AL) Scholten Shreve Smucker Stauber Stefanik Swalwell Tiffany Wagner Wasserman Schultz Wilson (FL) Womack {time} 1854 Messrs. HARRIGAN and KNOTT changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.'' Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia and Mr. NORCROSS changed their vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.'' So (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the bill was passed. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. Stated for: Mr. LAWLER. Madam Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 32. Mr. MACKENZIE. Madam Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 32. Mr. SHREVE. Madam Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 32. Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Speaker, I attended an official meeting that did not end on time and was not able to reach the House Chamber before the first vote of the series closed. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA Roll Call No. 32. Mr. HUIZENGA. Madam Speaker, I was delayed on the way to the floor and missed the vote. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 32. ____________________

Referenced legislation: HR5763, HR5763