ERA | Issue Briefs

More can and should be done to ensure fairness for Small Business and firms in the federal marketplace.

The considerable free rein federal agencies have over interpreting and enforcing laws passed by Congress is too often done in a way that harms Small Businesses.

Unnecessary and/or duplicative regulations disproportionately impact Small Businesses, leaving many operations struggling to survive.

Supply chain resiliency and Small-Business exporting must be a priority to support opportunities for Small Business to engage and lead trade.

In an increasingly digital world, governments globally at all levels are enacting internet privacy rules proving to be complex and burdensome, particularly for many Small Businesses.

Small Businesses are relying on information technology and digital tools more than ever.

Many Small-Business owners have expressed concern that technology regulations could harm their businesses and reported that their businesses would face challenges complying with proposed AI
regulations at the state level.

As a result of growing partisanship, Congress is not doing the job it was elected to do.

No Administration since 1995 has assembled a White House Conference on Small Business (WHCSB).