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    The letter urges President Biden to nominate a Chief Counsel for Advocacy at the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy, which has been vacant since 2017. It notes that small businesses continue to face heavy regulatory burdens under the current administration. As an independent voice for small businesses, the Chief Counsel position is important to ensure agencies comply with laws protecting small entities from excessive regulation. The Chairman requests the President nominate a Chief Counsel immediately.

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    The letter urges President Biden to nominate a Chief Counsel for Advocacy at the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy, which has been vacant since 2017. It notes that small businesses continue to face heavy regulatory burdens under the current administration. As an independent voice for small businesses, the Chief Counsel position is important to ensure agencies comply with laws protecting small entities from excessive regulation. The Chairman requests the President nominate a Chief Counsel immediately.

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    February 16, 2024

    The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr.


    President of the United States
    The White House
    1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
    Washington, DC 20500

    Dear President Biden:

    I write today to follow up on the vacancy for Chief Counsel for Advocacy at the Small
    Business Administration’s (SBA) Office of Advocacy (Advocacy). On February 16, 2023 and on
    April 28, 2023, we wrote urging you to nominate a Chief Counsel for this critical position. To
    date, the Committee has not received a response, nor have you selected a nominee for the
    position. In the year since we made the initial request to nominate someone, small businesses
    have continued to deal with an unprecedented onslaught of regulations. Your Administration has
    added nearly 280 million hours of paperwork and $447 billion in regulatory costs to American
    businesses.1

    The Chief Counsel’s role is to direct the office that supports the development of
    American small businesses.2 As stated in our two previous letters, the position of Chief Counsel
    of Advocacy has been vacant for an extended time—since the departure of Darryl L. DePriest in
    January 2017.3 Advocacy is an independent voice for small business within the federal
    government that not only monitors and ensures agencies are complying with the Regulatory
    Reflexibility Act, but also helps policy makers better understand issues confronting small
    business owners. It is well past time you do right by the Main Street America and nominate a
    Chief Counsel immediately.

    1
    Linda McMahon, The Biden Administration’s Anti-Worker Economy, AM. FIRST POLICY INST. (Jan. 29, 2024).
    2
    CONG. RESEARCH SERV., R43625, SBA OFFICE OF ADVOCACY: OVERVIEW, HISTORY, AND CURRENT ISSUES, 17
    (Mar. 30, 2022).
    3
    Id. at 16.
    The Honorable Joseph R. Biden
    February 16, 2024
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    In God We Trust,

    Roger Williams
    Chairman
    Committee on Small Business

    cc: The Honorable Nydia M. Velasquez, Ranking Member


    Committee on Small Business

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