Op-Eds and Articles

In a Morning Consult Op-ed on June 10, SBE Council president & CEO Karen Kerrigan wrote about the “sad financial story of the U. S. Postal Service.” In just the latest quarter alone, the Postal Service had a loss of $2.1 billion. For all of 2018, the agency lost $3.9 billion. As Kerrigan noted in […]

How Price Controls for Part B Drugs Threaten “Mom and Pop” Doctors’ Offices In an April 16 Op-ed in The Washington Times, SBE Council president & CEO Karen Kerrigan reports on the big problems for small businesses with regard to a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposal that would use international price controls […]

On March 21, SBE Council president & CEO Karen Kerrigan joined Neil Cavuto on Fox Business, along with RealClear Politics co-founder Tom Bevan and Democratic Strategies Andrew Feldman to discuss the state of the economy and the 2019 outlook, as well as the potential impact on President Trump’s political future. Watch the full segment here. […]

Crowdfund Insider reports on a round of visits made by SBE Council president & CEO Karen Kerrigan and the leaders of the newly formed Association of Online Investment Platforms (AOIP) with key staff in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate, as well as with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and White House staff, to discuss […]

In a State of the Union Op-ed for Fox Business on February 5, SBE Council president & CEO Karen Kerrigan notes that President Trump is expected to tout the bipartisan policies and legislation that his administration has enacted under his watch, and he will call for more bipartisanship to solve pressing challenges. Kerrigan writes: “The […]

In a January 28 Real Clear Policy op-ed, SBE Council president & CEO Karen Kerrigan joined Small Business Roundtable executive director Rhett Buttle and Connected Commerce Council president Jake Ward to outline the importance of a privacy framework at the federal level, and why it is critical to include entrepreneurs and small business owners in […]

In a January 22, 2019 Op-ed on Fox Business, SBE Council president & CEO Karen Kerrigan made the case for the United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement.  On the importance of trade with Mexico and Canada to U.S. small businesses, Kerrigan writes: Many small businesses rely heavily on North American trade to stay afloat. Of the […]

The State of Small Business Policy Going into 2019 SBE Council president & CEO Karen Kerrigan looks at “unfinished business” when it comes to key policy issues for small businesses, and what is on the agenda that will impact many small firms. She looks at key issues, including access to capital and regulatory reform items […]

In an October 30 Op-ed in The Washington Times, SBE Council chief economist Ray Keating reviews the dominant role played by U.S. entrepreneurs and small businesses in trade with China. He notes that the economy has benefitted tremendously from a range of tax and regulatory initiatives implemented by Congress and President Trump, but tariffs undermine […]

In an August 10 Op-ed in Morning Consult, SBE Council President & CEO Karen Kerrigan reviews the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 and why it needs to be modernized to end abusive lawsuits against small businesses while helping firms better communicate with customers via their preferred methods.  She said FCC action is needed to […]