Lawmakers Revisit Some Worries About Consumer Bureau By Ben Protess, New York Times July 28 With the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau formally opening its doors this month, a year after Congress created it to oversee Wall Street’s biggest banks, some lawmakers have begun sounding alarms once again about its impact on community banks… Read more »

Rep. Jeff Landry Highlights Unnecessary Regulations That Are Killing Gulf Jobs "It’s hard to work and earn a living under those regulations" "Now tell me how regulations are not smothering our economy" CLICK HERE to view During today’s House Small Business Committee hearing to examine the impact on federal regulations on small… Read more »

Small Business Owner & Banking Official Disagree With The President: "Federal Regulators Are Impacting Access To Capital" "FDIC regulators are inconsistently applying regulations throughout the banking community" CLICK HERE to view the video of the question and answer.   Earlier today, the House Small Business Committee held a full… Read more »

Congresswoman Renee Ellmers (R-NC) Talks National Small Business Week on the The Lars Larson Show “As we [the federal government] continue to make it harder for our small businesses to do business… What does that equal? That equals lost jobs. Every time it cost one of our small businesses more money to adhere to a… Read more »

Stronger Regulatory Enforcement Will Spur Small Business Job Creation By Sam Graves April 6, 2011 By Sam GravesApril 6, 2011   Small businesses are the cornerstone of the American economy. They employ over half of the country’s private sector workforce and create seven out of every ten new jobs. The answer to our country’s long-term… Read more »

By Robb Mandelbaum, New York Times "You're the Boss" Blog Last week, President Obama signaled  that he was ready to make the process of writing regulations friendlier to businesses, especially small businesses — and advocates for the nation’s small businesses are ready with suggestions. Small-business lobbyists — from organizations that exclusively represent small concerns, as well as… Read more »

“…78 percent of small businesses believe that taxation, regulation and legislation from Washington make it harder for businesses to hire more employees — and 74 percent blame the recent health care reforms passed by the Obama administration for creating an impediment to job creation.” … Read more »

“…78 percent of small businesses believe that taxation, regulation and legislation from Washington make it harder for businesses to hire more employees — and 74 percent blame the recent health care reforms passed by the Obama administration for creating an impediment to job creation.” … Read more »

By Jaf Heflin; The Hill Despite repeated requests from House Small Business Committee ranking member Sam Graves (R-Mo.) for how the IRS intends to implement the 1099 reporting rule, IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman continues to decline to provide him the information. "I am extremely disappointed by the IRS's ongoing refusal to help employers understand the impact of this hefty… Read more »

By Jay Heflin; The Hill Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), the Small Business Committee's ranking member, on Wednesday expressed outrage over the Small Business Administration (SBA) failing to submit comments to the Treasury Department on the new rule beginning in 2012 that requires businesses and organizations submit a form 1099 to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for purchases over… Read more »