Political Quotes

“H.R. 205 is identical to legislation this House passed unanimously on October 2, 2001. Unfortunately, this bill did not pass the Senate last year. We are here today to try again. H.R. 205 was so strongly supported by the Committee on Small Business that both the ranking member and I decided to skip the markup process and bring this bill straight to the House floor. It contains all the compromises within our committee and with the Senate. For those interested in the legislative history of the bill, I would encourage them to examine the committee's report from the 107th Congress on H.R. 205. This bill is designed to help small businesses cope with the maze of Federal, State and local regulations that have created such a heavy burden on Main Street America. Every day we all receive complaints from our constituents about their inability to understand regulations that are written in legalese rather than in plain English and about arbitrary actions taken by some regulatory agencies. Instead of creating a new program, H.R. 205 uses the existing Small Business Development Center network to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses.”