Advocacy Launches Interagency Working Group on NAFTA Modernization
By Rebecca Krafft, Senior Editor
The Small Business Trade Enhancement Act of 2015 gave the Office of Advocacy a new responsibility—to assess the potential economic effects of future trade agreements on small businesses in…
Louisiana Native Jason Doré Joins DC Office
Jason Doré is leading the Office of Information and Public Affairs as Advocacy’s assistant chief counsel for external affairs. He comes to us from leading the Republican Party of Louisiana since 2011. He has extensive campaign, outreach,…
Site Visit: Advocacy Visits Mardi Gras World
The Small Business Spreads ‘Carnival’ to the Rest of the World
By Linwood L. Rayford III, Assistant Chief Counsel
On June 8, Advocacy’s regulatory team visited Mardi Gras World in New Orleans. Since 1947, Kern Studios, a…
Site Visit: Advocacy Tours Small Chemical Manufacturing and Distribution Plant in New Orleans
By Emily Theroux, Public Affairs Assistant
On June 9, members of the Advocacy staff toured Wechem, a small chemical manufacturing and distribution plant based out of New Orleans. Founded in 1972, the company has remained family owned…
Past Event Announcement: Advocacy Brings Small Business Roundtables to Idaho
The Office of Advocacy will be hosting another round of Regional Regulatory Reform Roundtables in Boise and Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, next month. The purpose of these roundtables is to help us identify specific regulatory barriers to small…
Site Visit: Advocacy Staff Tours Tin Roof Brewing Company in Baton Rouge
By Lindsay Abate, Regulatory Economist
The Office of Advocacy staff traveled to Baton Rouge and New Orleans for a series of regulatory roundtables and site visits to local small businesses. During our day in Baton Rouge, we had the…
Risch Applauds Advocacy’s Outreach to Small Businesses
Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, in a May news release applauded Advocacy’s recent efforts for taking on a more proactive role on behalf of small businesses in the regulatory…
Small Business Lending in the United States, 2014-2015
Office of Advocacy, June 2017
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