In a statement on the Senate floor, Burns supported the Small Business Regulatory Fairness Act, which would provide small businesses with relief from the bureaucratic burden of federal regulations. Small businesses are flooded with bureaucratic paperwork creating inefficiencies in the form of lost production time, additional staff, and government fees. If the forms are filled out incorrectly or returned late, the small business is then slapped with a fine. It's no wonder that some folks are discouraged from starting or expanding their business. The bill has received bipartisan support from Senate Democrats including Senator Max Baucus.
Small businesses are responsible for creating a vast majority of new jobs each year.
This bill also directs the Small Business Administration to set up regional Ombudsmen for Small Business and Agriculture, giving folks a place to go to voice their complaints about unfair enforcement of regulations without fear of retribution providing a check on the agency and forcing their inspectors to be accountable for their actions. There are a lot of ways we can help small business today. There is much more to be done to curtail unnecessary regulations and reduce the presence of government in our lives but this is a big first step. We will always have rules and regulations that's just the way our government works. And no doubt we need some of those.