Letters to Administration

Hon. Howard W. Lutnick Secretary of Commerce U.S. Department of Commerce 1401 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20230 Amb. Jamieson Greer United States Trade Representative Office of the U.S. Trade Representative 600 17th St. NW Washington DC, 20508 RE: Section 232 Investigation of Imports of Semiconductors and Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment (91 FR 2443) Dear Secretary […]

The Honorable Scott Bessent Secretary of the Treasury U.S. Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20220   Dear Secretary Bessent: The undersigned organizations, representing millions of Main Street businesses operating in every industry and community in America, urge the Department of the Treasury to immediately purge the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) […]

Ambassador Jamieson Greer United States Trade Representative Office of the United States Trade Representative 600 17th St NW Washington, DC 20508 Docket Nos. USTR-2025-0004 and USTR-2025-0005: Request for Public Comments and Notice of Public Hearing Relating to the Operation of the Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (Sept. […]

Julia A. Khersonsky Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Trade Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20230   Re: Notice of Request for Public Comments on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Personal Protective Equipment, Medical Consumables, and […]

The Honorable Howard W. Lutnick Secretary U.S. Department of Commerce 1401 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20230 Dear Secretary Lutnick: The undersigned organizations represent millions of Americans for whom efforts alongside the Trump administration on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) are yielding permanently lower tax rates, both for American businesses and families. We […]

SBE Council joined the Independent Work Coalition and 27 allied organizations in a letter to DOL Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer and other DOL officials requesting that the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) rescind the independent contractor rule finalized by the Biden Administration, “Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act.” As noted in […]

Subject: Docket No. 250414-0065: Request for Public Comments on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Ingredients Eric Longnecker                                                                        Stephen Astle Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology Security               Director, Defense Industrial Base Bureau of Industry and Security                                               Bureau of Industry and Security U.S. Department of Commerce                                                U.S. Department of Commerce 1401 Constitution […]

The Honorable Michael Faulkender Deputy Secretary of the Treasury U.S. Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20220 Dear Deputy Secretary Faulkender: On behalf of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) and our nationwide membership of small business owners and entrepreneurs, I write to applaud the Treasury Department’s decision to […]

(The following letter was organized by our friends at Main Street Employers and the S-Corp Association.) The Honorable Scott Bessent Secretary of the Treasury U.S. Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20220 Dear Secretary Bessent: The undersigned organizations, representing millions of Main Street businesses operating in every industry and community in […]

Restoring U.S. Digital Trade Rules Leadership SBE Council joined allies in the business community to congratulate new United States Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer on his confirmation and recommend a course of action on digital trade rules that would advance U.S. leadership and support American economic strength. A coalition letter reviews how U.S. digital rules […]