[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 86 (Monday, June 17, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H3670]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               CUTTING RED TAPE FOR U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, recently, I held a telephone town hall 
meeting with 7,000 of my constituents, and a good part of our 
conversation centered on our economy's anemic economic job growth and 
lackluster job creation. One woman with whom I spoke, whose name was 
Gloria, is a small business owner in Chanhassen. She expressed her deep 
frustration with the growing weight of new regulations on her business 
and on small businesses.
  Mr. Speaker, Americans are burdened with $2 trillion nearly every 
year of new regulations--with the number only increasing. Since 2008, 
156 new major regulations have been instituted, adding about $90 
billion in regulatory costs to the economy and stifling economic growth 
and job creation. This needs to be fixed.
  Congress should have more control over a growing bureaucracy by 
requiring that elected representatives sign off on those new rules and 
regulations that would have a major economic impact. Cutting red tape 
will help lower one more hurdle that is impeding opportunity for new 
jobs, job growers and creators, and entrepreneurs like Gloria.

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