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Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH) today voted in support of H.R. 2017, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015, to provide clarity and flexibility for small businesses from some of Obamacare’s most costly and burdensome regulations regarding menu-labeling requirements.

“The Obama Administration’s menu-labeling regulations are another example of a costly one-size-fits-all approach that places further excessive burdens on small and family businesses. Compliance with this regulation is estimated to cost American businesses more than $1 billion and 500,000 hours of paperwork.  This is time, energy, and dollars that could be spent on expanding businesses and creating jobs.  I have been working to protect small businesses from this regulation since it was first proposed in 2011, and I am glad to see this commonsense legislation move though the House of Representatives,” said Latta.

H.R. 2017 clarifies the information certain retail food chain establishments, with 20 or more locations, must disclose about nutrition to the consumer to prevent overly burdensome regulations for certain establishments, such as convenience stores, supermarkets, grocery stores, and pizza restaurants, and to provide flexibility in how restaurants display calorie information.