WASHINGTON, D.C. – On May 22^nd, Congressman Roger Williams (TX-25), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, along with the Republican Members of the Committee, released a staff report detailing the Biden-Harris Administration’s failure to comply with the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA). The following three statements are from industry experts and stakeholders who applauded Chairman Williams and the Committee for releasing this staff report.

“Compliance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act is vital to sustain a vibrant small business economy in the United States. The majority of farms and ranches in the U.S. are small businesses, who rely on clarity and consistency from federal agencies. Every time federal agencies disregard compliance with the RFA during the rulemaking process, they increase the cost of providing food, fuel, and fiber to Americans. AFBF thanks the House Committee on Small Business for highlighting this issue,” said the American Farm Bureau Federation.

“The International Franchise Association (IFA) applauds the House Committee on Small Business, led by Chairman Roger Williams, for its steadfast efforts to expose how federal agencies’ regulatory agenda is harming small businesses. In particular, we are grateful for the Committee’s focus on the NLRB’s Joint Employer rule, which was opposed by the SBA’s Office of Advocacy, rejected by both Congress and the courts, and would jeopardize hundreds of thousands of small business jobs. IFA also shares the Committee’s grave reservations about the DOL’s Overtime Rule to raise costs for small businesses and reduce opportunities for workers and OSHA’s ‘walkaround’ rule to allow trespassers to violate small business workplaces. We look forward to collaborating with the Committee to prevent these misguided rules from harming franchise small businesses across the country,” said the International Franchise Association.

“The House Small Business Committee is standing up for American small businesses by holding agencies accountable for ignoring the Regulatory Flexibility Act. For too long, agencies have ignored the RFA, which requires them to consider the disproportionate impact of regulations on small businesses and treated the RFA as merely a box-checking exercise. The committee’s recent report and hearing definitively show the troubling pattern of agency noncompliance and the urgent need for legislative reform such as the Prove It Act to truly protect small businesses from overregulation,” said Alfredo Ortiz, CEO, Job Creators Network.

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Background:

The House Committee on Small Business conducted a 15-month long investigation into the Biden Administration’s failure to comply with the RFA. From day one, the Administration released an onslaught of regulations on Main Street. The numbers are staggering: over $1.6 trillion in regulation cost and over $290 million paperwork hours. While the report has been released, this does not signal the end of the Committee’s focus on this issue. With Chairman Williams at the helm, the Committee remains committed to ensuring that small firms across the country are not burdened with duplicative and unnecessary rules and regulations that hamper their ability to compete in the marketplace. The Committee hopes the Administration will alter its course and rescind the rules discussed in the report.

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