Louise Slaughter: “I do not oppose this rule because it allows Members to offer all germane amendments. Like all Members of Congress, I…”

“I do not oppose this rule because it allows Members to offer all germane amendments. Like all Members of Congress, I support efforts to reduce unnecessary paperwork requirements on small businesses. I have endorsed both legislative and executive efforts to streamline regulations. We in Congress have enacted the Paperwork Reduction Act and the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act. Just yesterday, the House passed the Paperwork Elimination Act by a bipartisan vote. The administration, under Vice President Gore, has attacked excessive regulation through its initiative to reinvent government and the implementation of the White House Conference on Small Business recommendations. In addition, I support many aspects of the underlying bill. H.R. 391 would require Federal agencies to publish paperwork requirements for small businesses so that they can know exactly what is required of them. It would require each Federal agency to establish a liaison for small business paperwork requirements and to help small businesses comply with their legal obligations, and it would establish a task force to consider ways to streamline paperwork requirements even further.”