William Luther: “I strongly support the Paperwork Elimination Act. This legislation has again passed the House Small Business Committee…”

“I strongly support the Paperwork Elimination Act. This legislation has again passed the House Small Business Committee with unanimous bipartisan support. It was one of the top recommendations of the 1995 White House Conference on Small Business and builds on the success the 104th Congress had in reducing Federal paperwork demands on our Nation's small businesses. I think members of both parties can agree that Federal paperwork demands on small businesses have become too expensive, time consuming, and burdensome. It is estimated that business owners and ordinary citizens spend 6 billion hours per year responding to Federal reporting requirements ranging from employment forms from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to Internal Revenue Service returns. This time could be better spent developing new business initiatives that would lead to increased economic activity and job growth. Having worked in and with small businesses for years, I have come to appreciate the frustrations small business owners feel when it comes to dealing with excessive Federal regulations.”