WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brad Finstad (MN-01) released the following statement, after his legislation, the Prove It Act, passed the House Judiciary Committee:

“As a member of the House Committee on Small Business, I have heard from numerous small business owners about how federal overregulation threatens their growth and success,” said Rep. Finstad. “Today’s House Judiciary Committee passage of the Prove It Act marks another step toward giving small business owners a seat at the table and holding government agencies accountable for overregulation.”

Background:

In February 2024, Congressman Finstad first introduced the Prove It Act. During the 118th Congress, the Prove It Act passed the House Small Business Committee, House Judiciary Committee, and on the House Floor with bipartisan support.

In February 2025, Representative Finstad reintroduced the Prove It Act, which passed the House Small Business Committee in April 2025.

The Prove It Act requires federal agencies to analyze the impact of their regulatory action and limit these impacts for small entities by:

• Creating a way for small businesses to raise concerns when regulators do not consider both the direct and indirect costs their regulations place on them;
• Allowing small businesses to ask their chief advocate in government to review agencies’ work and make the government prove they are fully compliant with already existing laws;
• If regulators fail to comply with this review process, then small businesses will be exempt from the agency’s regulations altogether;

• Ensuring small businesses can easily access preexisting guidance documents online and create a way for small businesses to directly raise questions or concerns with their regulators.