[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 165 (Friday, August 25, 2006)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 50835-50836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7208]



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The President





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Proclamation 8041--Minority Enterprise Development Week, 2006


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 165 / Friday, August 25, 2006 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 8041 of August 22, 2006

                
Minority Enterprise Development Week, 2006

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During Minority Enterprise Development Week, we 
                celebrate the outstanding progress made by minority 
                business owners, recognize their important 
                contributions to our Nation's vibrant economy, and 
                emphasize our commitment to helping them succeed.

                Throughout our country, minority entrepreneurs 
                strengthen our economic growth and keep our Nation 
                moving forward. As Ronald Reagan said, entrepreneurs 
                are the ``explorers of the modern era,'' and minority 
                business owners help expand opportunities for their 
                communities and their fellow citizens. A free society 
                in which people have the opportunity to pursue their 
                goals, no matter who they are or where they are from, 
                is a stronger and more just society.

                Over the past 3 years, our economy has grown by nearly 
                $1.3 trillion, and minority businesses have contributed 
                to that growth. Since 2001, my Administration has 
                worked with the Congress to deliver the largest tax 
                relief in two decades, leaving more money for minority 
                business owners to reinvest. We are also undertaking 
                initiatives to widen the ownership of businesses. With 
                these resources, minority enterprises are hiring more 
                employees, improving their communities, and helping 
                fuel our country's economic resurgence.

                Minority businesses throughout our Nation remain 
                strong, and our country benefits from the positive 
                impact they have on our economy. Minority business 
                owners represent the hopeful spirit of America, and all 
                across this land, Americans continue to achieve their 
                dreams and build better futures for themselves and 
                their families. During Minority Enterprise Development 
                Week, we underscore our commitment to helping 
                entrepreneurs realize the promise of our great Nation.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim August 27 through September 
                2, 2006, as Minority Enterprise Development Week. I 
                call upon all Americans to celebrate this week with 
                appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities to 
                recognize the many contributions of our Nation's 
                minority enterprises.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-second day of August, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand six, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and thirty-first. 
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