employees and face all of those plus a whole new wrath of them, including the older worker benefit protection act. surely every pizza ryia owner has that memorized. the list grows like a bean stock when it grows to 100 employees. last year we saw distinct rise in proposed rules affecting small business, you can see from 758 to 845. the smaller a firm is, fewer than 20 employees say, the more expensive it gets per employee to comply with the regulations. five federal agencies last year proposed 501 of the 845 rules we're talking about. offly 59% of the total. they are the department of agriculture and commerce, health and human services. the environmental protection agency and the federal communication commission. president obama has pledged to streamline and pare back the u.s. regulatory burden but with limits. >> i reject the argument that says for the economy to grow, we have to roll back protection for hidden fees for