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Statement from the Connected Commerce Council Criticizing Klobuchar/Grassley Anti-Tech Bill as Harmful to Digitally Empowered Small Businesses 

Washington, DC (June 16, 2023): Connected Commerce Council (3C) Executive Director Rob Retzlaff issued the below statement regarding the reintroduction of Sens. Amy Klobuchar’s (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley’s (R-IA) American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA). “After failing to convince 60 of their colleagues last year to support AICOA, and losing cosponsors this year, a…

Janus Motorcycles co-founder meets with Sen. Young

Ahead of National Small Business Week, co-founder of Goshen-based Janus Motorcycles, Richard Worsham, met with Indiana Senator Todd Young in Washington to share how digital tools help grow his business and voice concerns with policy proposals that could hurt his business

Florida Small Business Owners: New Digital Ad Law Hurts Us

Tallahassee, FL (May 9, 2023): Several small businesses are expressing frustration and disappointment over the passage of Senate Bill 262, legislation regulating how businesses collect and use anonymous data online to find customers, grow, and succeed. While the bill’s proponents claim it reins in large technology companies, the restrictions on collecting and using online anonymous…

Small Businesses Brief Congress on How Digital Advertising Helps Them Succeed

Washington, DC (May 9, 2023): Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee continued ignoring small business voices in the debate over tech policy in its AMERICA Act hearing. The bill, legislation introduced by Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), would force large online platforms to break apart their digital ads divisions, making it harder…

Saddle Brook Small Business Owner Recognized as 3C Congressional Champion

Washington, DC (May 1, 2023): Ahead of National Small Business Week, Josie Tineo, co-owner of Josie Michelle Events in Saddle Brook, NJ, met with Sen. Cory Booker’s (D-NJ) office in Washington, D.C. to share how digital tools help grow her business and voice concerns with policy proposals that could hurt her business by making digital…