Small businesses urge Congress to reject Julie Su’s nomination
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 27, 2024) – The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, sent a letter of opposition to members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions opposing the nomination of Acting Secretary Julie Su for Secretary of Labor.
“As Acting Secretary, Julie Su’s Department of Labor has consistently demonstrated a lack of interest in complying with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, which requires the Department to consider the impacts its regulations will have on small businesses,” said Jeff Brabant, NFIB Vice President of Federal Government Relations. “Small business owners deserve a Secretary that will comply with this bi-partisan law and enact less burdensome rules that consider the unique challenges small business owners face when trying to comply with federal regulations.”
NFIB published a White Paper on the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) and the importance of federal agencies considering the small business impact when issuing new rules. Small business owners consistently rank “unreasonable government regulations” as one of their top business problems.
