Political Quotes

“I bring a very simple but a very important amendment for consideration. Several agencies of government have small business review panels. They are advisory in nature; and as our agencies go through the rulemaking process, they get input on how their regulations will affect small businesses. This amendment really takes advantage of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, which was signed into law by President Clinton in 1996, which allows the agencies to form these panels. Mr. Barrow of Georgia, myself, Mr. Graves of Missouri, and Mr. Matheson, actually in the next week or two, will be introducing language to really improve these small business panels. The SBA Advocacy Office recently said that small businesses pay about 45 percent more in annual cost in complying with regulations. They spoke very favorably of these panels. I have a letter I will include from the NFIB urging strong support for this amendment. National Federation of Independent Business, Washington, DC, June 17, 2013. Hon. Spencer Bachus, House of Representatives, Rayburn Building, Washington, DC. Dear Representative Bachus: The National Federation of Independent Business is pleased to support your amendment to the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (H.R. 1947). This amendment would expand critical small business regulatory impact analyses and outreach requirements to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).…”