Assistance to and protection of small business, including financial aid, regulatory flexibility and paperwork reduction, and participation of small business enterprises in federal procurement and government contracts.
House Committee on Small Business has 26 members, made up of 14 Republicans and 12 Democrats. Roger Williams chairs it. Nydia M. Velázquez is the ranking member, which is the senior post held by the minority party. House committee assignments are made at the start of each 2-year Congress, so membership can change substantially after every general election. The membership below is generated from the roster this site maintains against clerk.house.gov and senate.gov.
Jurisdiction source: House Rule X
How business reaches this committee
House Rule X gives this committee the subjects above. Each bill introduced in the House is referred to the committee whose Rule X jurisdiction covers its primary subject, and a bill that spans several subjects can go to more than one committee at once. This committee then decides whether to hold hearings, amend the text and report it to the floor.
Subcommittees
The committee divides its work among 5 subcommittees:
- Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure
- Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access
- Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development
- Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations
- Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains
Who serves on it
26 members sit on the committee: 14 Republicans and 12 Democrats. That gives the majority 14 of the 26 seats. Roger Williams is the chair. Nydia M. Velázquez is the ranking member. They hold 25 district seats and 1 delegate seat, and each seat has its own page on this site.
Following its work
Hearing notices, markup schedules, witness lists and published reports live on the committee’s own site, linked at the top of this page. The full member list below links to each member’s page here, with contact details and the seat they hold. For background on how seats and chairs are handed out, read How congressional committees work. For what happens to a bill after a committee reports it, read How a bill becomes law. To look up who represents a particular place, start at Browse all 435 districts.
Members
- Roger WilliamsRTexas 25Chair
- Nydia M. VelázquezDNew York 7Ranking Member
- Analilia MejiaDNew Jersey 11
- Beth Van DuyneRTexas 24
- Brad FinstadRMinnesota 1
- Brian JackRGeorgia 3
- Clay FullerRGeorgia 14
- Daniel MeuserRPennsylvania 9
- Derek SchmidtRKansas 2
- Derek TranDCalifornia 45
- George LatimerDNew York 16
- Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.DCalifornia 31
- Hillary J. ScholtenDMichigan 3
- Jake EllzeyRTexas 6
- Jimmy PatronisRFlorida 1
- Johnny Olszewski, Jr.DMaryland 2
- Kelly MorrisonDMinnesota 3
- Kimberlyn King-HindsRNorthern Mariana Islands delegate
- LaMonica McIverDNew Jersey 10
- Lateefah SimonDCalifornia 12
- Maggie GoodlanderDNew Hampshire 2
- Mark AlfordRMissouri 4
- Morgan McGarveyDKentucky 3
- Pete StauberRMinnesota 8
- Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.RPennsylvania 8
- Tony WiedRWisconsin 8
26 members. Generated from the roster this site holds, checked against the Clerk of the House and the Senate committee lists on September 26, 2026.