Rep. Gregory Meeks on the INVEST Act: Expanding Capital for Working Families and Entrepreneurs

Support for the INVEST Act

• 🏛️ Representative Gregory Meeks expresses strong support for H.R. 3383, the INVEST Act of 2025, co-sponsoring the bill.
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 He believes the act is a meaningful step for working families facing rising costs and financial uncertainty.

Expanding Access to Capital

• 📈 The INVEST Act aims to modernize outdated rules that hinder entrepreneurs, particularly black and brown founders and minority-owned businesses, from accessing capital.
• 💡 It broadens participation in private markets, preserving investor protections while ensuring opportunities for wealth-building are not exclusive to the wealthy.
• 📉 The bill seeks to reduce regulatory friction and compliance burdens that disproportionately affect small businesses.

Pro-Small Business Focus

• 💼 Meeks emphasizes that the package of 22 bills is fundamentally pro-small business, focusing on the affordability crisis rather than Wall Street deregulation.
• 🤝 The legislation has been developed through extensive deliberation with partners like the United States Black Chambers of Commerce, minority banks, institutional investors, advocates, and nonprofits.

Closing the Wealth Gap

• 💰 A primary motivation for supporting the bill is its role in closing the wealth gap, a focus of Meeks' career.
• 📊 Strengthening capital markets is framed as a way to improve the financial security of working families and provide more opportunities to grow retirement savings and build long-term economic stability.