The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce 
                    1717 Gervais Street, Columbia, SC 29201 
                    (803) 252-5733 fax (803) 799-0678 
                     www. scsbc.org 

May 19, 2010

United States Senate
Washington, DC  20510

Re:  Opposition to Snowe-Pryor Amendment #3883 & Support for Landrieu-Dodd-Kerry 
        Side by Side

Dear Senator:

The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce has a long history of supporting regulatory review processes to protect small businesses from unnecessary or overly costly government regulations.  

However, we do not support regulatory review processes that slow the process down unnecessarily and thus protect big and special interests that do not have the best interest of small business as their goal.

This is why we ask you to vote “no” on Snowe-Pryor Amendment #3883 in regard to Title X of S.3217 that establishes an independent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.   Any concern that the present rulemaking process needs to be adjusted for the benefit of small business is addressed in the Landrieu-Dodd-Kerry Side by Side, which we would ask you to support.

We strongly support the creation of a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as part of Wall Street reform.  

Sincerely,

Frank Knapp, Jr. 
President & CEO