Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Marco Rubio (R-FL) delivered opening remarks and questioned witnesses at a hearing on countering China’s influence in the United States. Watch Rubio’s opening remarks here as well as Part I and Part II of...
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Rubio Applauds SBA Office of Advocacy’s Small Business Roundtable on the Regulation of Premium Cigars
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today applauded the SBA Office of Advocacy for holding a roundtable on the overregulation of small businesses in the premium cigar industry.
“Small, family-owned businesses are the cornerstone of the premium cigar industry in Florida,” Rubio said. “Excessive regulation by the FDA is detrimental to the vitality and growth of small businesses in the historic cigar industry. I am pleased to see the SBA Office of Advocacy give small businesses a voice in the regulatory process and shed light on FDA’s burdensome effects on this iconic industry.”
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