[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 82 (Thursday, June 22, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H4425-H4426]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             EXCESSIVE REGULATIONS ON SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS

  (Mrs. KELLY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. KELLY. Mr. Speaker, we have passed important legislation in this 
Congress to help America's small businesses; we have passed legislation 
to help make health insurance more affordable and accessible, and 
legislation to provide tax relief. But we need to continue 
demonstrating our commitment to helping small businesses in New York 
and throughout the country by passing legislation that I have 
introduced to help relieve the excessive regulatory burden on small 
businesses.
  The Cut Unnecessary Regulatory Burden For Small Business Act, passed 
by the House Government Reform Committee earlier this month, would

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enable Congress to better eliminate excessive Federal regulations that 
hamper small business, job growth, and productivity.
  When Federal agencies overregulate small business owners, it forces 
them to spend extra time and money and manpower completing endless 
paperwork instead of growing their businesses and creating new jobs. In 
small business forums and small business walks I have held throughout 
the year in the Hudson Valley of New York, excessive regulations were 
cited by small business owners as one of the major problems they are 
facing. And every small business spends $7,0000 per employee per year 
on regulatory compliance costs.
  Let us help small business remain vibrant and strong, not 
overregulate it. Let us pass the CURB Act.

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