Businesses Need Less Regulation

Statement

One of the most difficult parts of my job as a small business owner is dealing with the overwhelming amount of regulations coming from Washington. It's one of the reasons why my husband and I decided to scale back the way we run our construction company: compliance with the regulations just became too onerous. But that's what happens when you have career politicians and DC insiders -- the majority of whom have never actually run a business -- determining the rules and regulations business owners have to follow.

Take a recent rule issued by President Obama regarding overtime pay. Under the new regulations released by the Department of Labor, employers would see their costs skyrocket -- costs that would assuredly be passed on to consumers and that would eventually force employers to cut jobs or lower wages in order to stay afloat. That's why I'm a supporter of S.2707, the Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act. This legislation, introduced by Senator Tim Scott from South Carolina, would require the Department of Labor to do an impact study before finalizing their new rule.

It seems obvious, doesn't it? Of course the federal government should look into the long-term impacts and unintended consequences new regulations could have on businesses before issuing those regulations. But right now, that is not happening. Instead, we continue to see more and more unnecessary and overly burdensome regulations coming out of Washington that end up harming the people they are supposed to help.

That is one of the many reasons why I am running for Senate. We need more small business owners and people who live in the real world like me working for us in Washington instead of more career politicians and DC insiders working for themselves. When I am elected to the Senate, I will continue to be a strong advocate for small business owners and their employees and will work to inject some business sense into Washington -- just like we have seen Governor Larry Hogan do in Annapolis.

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