When I travel across Virginia's 5th District, I continue to hear from my constituents that Washington is making it harder, not easier, for them to do business.
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Expressing constituents' concerns about business difficulties due to Washington policies.
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Obviously, one of the parts of the Jobs Acts required that the SEC study Reg S-K, and how that can be improved to reduce unnecessary costs to companies that wish to go public, and that are public.
Even with those successes, I continue to hear from companies--both public and private--in my district about the impacts of outdated and burdensome regulations on their ability to access capital.
I want to thank you for holding today's hearing on reducing barriers to capital formation.
obviously these disclosure requirements, in addition to--in many instances not providing useful information, efficient information to investors, they cost companies a lot of money for an emerging growth company.





