W. Todd Akin: “The Office of Advocacy is essential to the elimination of federally imposed regulations that just do not make sense. It…”

“The Office of Advocacy is essential to the elimination of federally imposed regulations that just do not make sense. It is a government entity that exemplifies public service at its best and it is devoted to ensuring that small businesses are not encumbered by regulatory burdens that cost time and money and energy but achieve little, if anything. The Office of Advocacy sometimes faces opposition from Federal regulatory entities that dislike having their regulations modified or questioned, and yet the office has been tireless and a key voice for small businessmen and women confronting these large agencies to prevent them from imposing unnecessary rules and regulations on small businesses and family owned companies. The legislation before us today will give more power to the SBA's Office of Advocacy to do its vital work. H.R. 1772 will, among other things, give the Office of Advocacy its own source of funding through a line item in the Federal budget, thus giving the office a more permanent and autonomous role that makes it less susceptible to budgetary bullying from some of the folks in the executive branch that might have been offended.”