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Statement by Frank Knapp, Jr. before the U.S. House Small Business Committee

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“Regulation: The Hidden Small Business Tax” April 14, 2016 Thank you, Chairman Chabot, Ranking Member Velázquez, and members of the committee. My name is Frank Knapp, Jr., I’m the President and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, a statewide, 5,000+ member advocacy organization working to make state government more small business […]

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Statement by Frank Knapp, Jr. before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Subcommittee on Waste, Superfund and Oversight Management

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“American Small Business’s Perspectives on Environmental Protection Agency Regulatory Actions” April 12, 2016 Thank you, Chairman Rounds, Ranking Member Markey and members of the subcommittee. My name is Frank Knapp, Jr., I’m the President and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, a statewide, 5,000+ member advocacy organization working to make state

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Public opinion on carbon regulations, minimum wage & Medicaid expansion

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Here are three BIG issues that always generate a lot of controversy in the South Carolina media. The proposed Environmental Protection Agency “Clean Power Plan” regulations that have set carbon reduction goals for every state to address climate change. Increasing the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to at least $10 per hour (South Carolina uses

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S.C. Power Plants Must Slash Carbon Emissions, Says Obama

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Free Times August 5, 2015 By Eva Moore South Carolina must cut the amount of carbon it releases into the atmosphere under new regulations handed down Aug. 3 by the Environmental Protection Agency. Nationally, the new plan calls for a 32 percent cut in carbon emissions by 2030, a slightly higher bar than the 30 percent

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New EPA Power Plan Rules: A chicken in every pot not the unemployment line

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Next week the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to release its Clean Power Plan that set’s a goal for each state to reduce carbon pollution in an effort to slow down climate change and its negative and costly consequences. States will be able to develop their own plans for how to achieve their carbon pollution

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SC Small Business Chamber exec appointed as chair of the SBA District IV Regional Fairness Board

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SBA Administrator, Maria Contreras-Sweet, has appointed South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Frank Knapp as Chair of the Region IV Regulatory Fairness Board of the U.S. Small Business Administration.  In January of this year Mr. Knapp was appointed to serve on the SBA Regulatory Fairness Board, a volunteer body that has

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New Lake Research Poll Finds Continued Strong Support for Financial Regulation

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July 7, 2015 A new Lake Research poll, commissioned by Americans for Financial Reform and the Center for Responsible Lending, finds strong, continued, bipartisan support for government regulation of financial services and products. In marked contrast to the typical trendline of public opinion after a disaster, this is a case where the desire for reform

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Georgia, South Carolina ranked as business friendly

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Thursday, July 2, 2015 By SARITA CHOUREY Morris News Service Georgia’s grade of A-minus narrowly tops South Carolina’s B-plus for overall friendliness toward small businesses, according to a survey that revealed business owners’ attitudes toward the government agencies that regulate them. Nearly 500 small businesses in Georgia and about 200 in South Carolina responded to

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New FCC regulation went into effect. Did you feel it?

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One of those federal regulations we are told to be angry about went into effect over a week ago on June 12th. So what has been the negative impact on you? Absolutely nothing! But that is exactly what this regulation issued by the Federal Communications Commission was supposed to do—protect users of the internet from

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11 barriers to innovative small businesses

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Thanks to Bob Coleman of the Coleman Report for flagging this report by the SBA’s Office of Advocacy, the federal agency that is responsible for reviewing proposed federal regulations to assess their potential impact on small businesses and make recommendations to reduce excessive regulatory burdens. In this January 2015 report Advocacy “identified barriers and challenges

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