Jan Meyers: “on behalf of nearly all the small business organizations across the country who have for 6 years supported efforts to…”

“on behalf of nearly all the small business organizations across the country who have for 6 years supported efforts to enact the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and on behalf of the Small Business Committee, I want to proclaim hallelujah. There has been a lot of hard work that has gone into this. Everyone can feel proud that the job has been done well. This is very strong legislation we are sending to the President. It is a good bill. It establishes a solid legislative framework to reduce the burdens of regulatory paperwork on small business and the American public generally. I want to particularly acknowledge the work of the broad-based Paperwork Reduction Act coalition, a group of some 70 organizations. They were led by the U.S. Chamber, the National Federation of Independent Businesses, the National Association of Manufacturers, National Small Business United, Citizens for a Sound Economy, and the Council on Regulatory and Information Management. The coalition was most helpful in ensuring this bill had bipartisan support. It is worth noting Mr. Speaker, that this legislation benefited from a 418-to-0 vote in the House; a 99-to-0 vote in the Senate. There was not a single vote of opposition. That sends a strong signal from Congress to the executive branch that they want the tools in this act used vigorously to reduce the burdens of regulatory paperwork.”