Mark Kelly: “we have passed important legislation in this Congress to help America's small businesses; we have passed legislation to…”

“we have passed important legislation in this Congress to help America's small businesses; we have passed legislation to help make health insurance more affordable and accessible, and legislation to provide tax relief. But we need to continue demonstrating our commitment to helping small businesses in New York and throughout the country by passing legislation that I have introduced to help relieve the excessive regulatory burden on small businesses. The Cut Unnecessary Regulatory Burden For Small Business Act, passed by the House Government Reform Committee earlier this month, would enable Congress to better eliminate excessive Federal regulations that hamper small business, job growth, and productivity. When Federal agencies overregulate small business owners, it forces them to spend extra time and money and manpower completing endless paperwork instead of growing their businesses and creating new jobs. In small business forums and small business walks I have held throughout the year in the Hudson Valley of New York, excessive regulations were cited by small business owners as one of the major problems they are facing. And every small business spends $7,0000 per employee per year on regulatory compliance costs. Let us help small business remain vibrant and strong, not overregulate it. Let us pass the CURB Act. ____________________”