WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Small Business Rising members sent a letter to Senate leadership urging them to pass the Big Tech bills. The first step is to bring the bills to a vote on the Senate floor, as Senator Schumer has committed to doing throughout this year.
Concentrated market power is the single biggest threat facing independent businesses, and the status quo in our digital markets is untenable. The bipartisan package of bills is proof there is momentum on both sides of the aisle and represents an unprecedented opportunity to level the playfield for our small, independent businesses.
Big Tech lobbyists have claimed to have the support of the small business community even as small business groups and third-party sellers on Amazon advocate for passage of the bipartisan American Innovation and Choice Online Act and the Open App Markets Act. When passed, Congress will be making the online marketplace more competitive by ensuring entrepreneurs and small start-ups can compete, and that small, independent companies selling online are free to choose the best and most affordable services without fear of retribution from the tech giants.
You can read the full letter here.
About Small Business Rising
Small Business Rising, a coalition of more than two dozen organizations representing more than 150,000 independent businesses, was formed this year to urge policymakers to rein in monopoly power and inject fairness into a system that has long left small businesses at a competitive disadvantage.