Straight Talk: House Passes Bill to Address Regulatory Burdens on Small Businesses

Statement

Dear Friends,

This week House Republicans made great strides in reducing job-killing and costly federal regulations on our nation's best job creators-- small businesses.

One example is the Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011 (H.R. 527), which passed the House yesterday by a vote of 263-159. House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) and I introduced this legislation back in February to force federal agencies to fully examine the impact of their proposed regulations on small businesses and consider less burdensome alternatives if those impacts are significant.

The federal government has gone too far on many nonessential regulations that are harming small businesses-- and this legislation will help remove these barriers. Economic recovery begins with our small businesses, but that will not happen unless we rein in the mass of regulations coming from Washington.

House Republicans have put forth an aggressive pro-growth agenda this year, passing 25 bipartisan jobs bills, but unfortunately all of this legislation lies idle in the Senate. I hope the Senate will put politics aside and take up this legislation, so that we can give small businesses the certainty and relief they need to help our economy grow.

Sam Graves
Chairman

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