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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 730 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 730

  Supporting the designation of the week beginning September 20, 2020, 
as ``National Small Business Week'' and commending the entrepreneurial 
  spirit of the small business owners of the United States and their 
                      impact on their communities.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 30 (legislative day, September 29), 2020

Mr. McConnell (for Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. 
Cortez Masto, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Risch, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
  Kennedy, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Carper, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
 Booker, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Coons, Mr. Lankford, 
Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Crapo, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
 Alexander, Mr. Brown, Mr. Portman, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Merkley, 
    Ms. McSally, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Peters, Mr. Hawley, Ms. 
 Duckworth, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, 
Mr. Tillis, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Young, 
    and Mr. Romney)) submitted the following resolution; which was 
                        considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION

 
  Supporting the designation of the week beginning September 20, 2020, 
as ``National Small Business Week'' and commending the entrepreneurial 
  spirit of the small business owners of the United States and their 
                      impact on their communities.

Whereas 2020 marks the 57th anniversary of ``National Small Business Week'';
Whereas every President for more than half a century has proclaimed a week 
        celebrating the significance of small businesses across the United 
        States;
Whereas there are more than 30,000,000 small businesses in the United States;
Whereas small businesses in the United States--

    (1) employ nearly half of the workforce of the United States;

    (2) make up 99.7 percent of all employers in the United States;

    (3) employ veterans;

    (4) produce \1/3\ of the exports of the United States; and

    (5) account for nearly half of private sector output;

Whereas, as of 2020, 9.1 percent of all small business owners in the United 
        States are veterans;
Whereas, on July 30, 1953, Congress created the Small Business Administration to 
        aid, counsel, assist, and protect the small business community; and
Whereas 2 out of every 3 new jobs in the United States are created by small 
        businesses: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) supports the designation of the week beginning 
        September 20, 2020, as ``National Small Business Week'';
            (2) celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit of the small 
        business owner in the United States;
            (3) understands the importance of creating a small business 
        climate that allows for sustained economic recovery;
            (4) celebrates the invaluable contribution small businesses 
        make to the United States as the backbone of the economy;
            (5) supports increasing consumer awareness of the value and 
        opportunity small businesses bring to their local communities;
            (6) understands the importance of providing more access and 
        resources to minority-owned and underserved firms; and
            (7) understands the need to provide further assistance and 
        relief to the small businesses of the United States during 
        unprecedented times.
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