Regulation is 1. 9 trillion to 1. 9 trillion. These businesses pass on the cost of these regulations in the price of there products. Families are spending about 15,000 a year for businesses to comply with government regulation. I am sure that we can agree mr. Chair, the businesses need to be fairly regulated. But when those regulations are killing jobs that is just not right. Several years ago in aa highly partisan vote with very little republican support for 2300 page. Dot frank bill was passed and since then theyre have been mountains and mountains of regulations and rules designed to smother our Financial Services industry. One part of dodd frank is a great concern of mine the too big to fail regulation. Now, when f soc is trying to determine what bank and other nonfinancial institution should be designated too big to fail it means that the taxpayers we will have to step in and bail them out. We all no theyre is a huge difference. They handle their retirement the Retirement Savings
Wanteeper cuts s in social prrams while demrats i insist they must be coupled with tax increases. As yogi berra would say, deja all over again. First, it is time for the annual book of lists. The washington busins journals run o out of the biggest, best, and Fastest Growing in the region. Joining us is one of our favorites, Jennifer Nycz conner washingt business journals special secti producer and so much more. The book of lists tells you everything you want to know about washington business, from a whwho is in, who is out, what is up, what is downwn. One of the most intnteresting this is t fastestgrowin i you will tells a little bit about why thehese tngs are on the list. We will start with dfs construction corp. , a company thatat grew at an avere of 403. 38 bebetween 2009 and 2011. They are based i arlington. Number to grow an averag o of 24. They are baseded in viennnna. And numberr three for an avage of the 162 the grew an avererage of 1 162 . They and athe biggest cocompanies in