Political Quotes

“I rise today to urge all of my colleagues to support the small business paperwork relief act, H.R. 327. Many who have spoken have cited the various benefits of this bill to small businesses: reduced costs, greater efficiency and new jobs. But I would like to highlight yet another benefit of this bill, greater business opportunities for women and more women-owned businesses. Women have made great strides in the workplace, especially as entrepreneurs. Between the years of 1987 and 1997, the number of women-owned businesses has increased by 89 percent. In my State of West Virginia, small business is 80 percent of the businesses in West Virginia. In February of this year, six of my constituents received Small Business Administration loans. Four of these business owners were women. All of them are happy to receive the financial support, but they would be even happier if the government would remove some of the unnecessary regulations and paperwork that prevent them from doing such things as offering expanded health insurance policies or creating new jobs, all these things that could be done with the costs they expend on filling out large amounts of Federal paperwork. As leaders entrusted with the responsibility to preserve the ideas that this country was founded on, we need to be constantly vigilant, recognizing these needless barriers that unduly burden small business.”