Letter to The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States (February 16, 2024)

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In a letter dated February 16, 2024 to the Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, the writer follows up on the vacancy for Chief Counsel for Advocacy at the Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy. The letter states that the Committee wrote on February 16, 2023 and on April 28, 2023 urging a nomination and has not received a response, and that the position has been vacant since the departure of Darryl L. DePriest in January 2017. It states that the President’s Administration has added nearly 280 million hours of paperwork and $447 billion in regulatory costs to American businesses, citing a policy institute article. The signature block names Roger Williams, Chairman, Committee on Small Business.

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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
Page 2 of 2

                                     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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