[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 9, 2001)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 23535-23536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11850]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 90 / Wednesday, May 9, 2001 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Proclamation 7433 of May 4, 2001

                
Small Business Week, 2001

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Small business owners who work long hours, juggling 
                family and career responsibilities and serving as 
                community volunteers, are integral to our country's 
                prosperity and to the vibrancy of our communities. 
                These entrepreneurs are fundamental to our economy. 
                Through the opportunities offered by the men and women 
                who own and operate our Nation's 25.5 million small 
                businesses, many of our citizens are able to pursue 
                their dreams of a better life.

                Federal, State, and local governments can help our 
                small business owners by creating an environment in 
                which the American spirit flourishes, an environment 
                that promotes innovation, risk-taking, and equal 
                opportunity. My Administration is working for lower 
                taxes, reasonable regulations, and a reduction of 
                tariffs and other barriers to free trade that will 
                increase the competitive strength of our small business 
                sector. Education reforms also will ensure that our 
                young people are prepared to enter the global 
                marketplace and small businesses will have the needed 
                pool of talent.

                Many of America's entrepreneurs risk everything to make 
                their businesses successful. They are leaders of 
                innovation, and their efforts create a wellspring of 
                new technology, new products, and improved business 
                processes. One of my priorities as President is to 
                encourage that entrepreneurial spirit, and to see that 
                it encompasses all Americans. To that end, we have 
                instituted the New Freedom Initiative, which includes a 
                component to help small businesses better serve 
                customers with disabilities and to hire more people 
                with disabilities. Also, my Administration supports the 
                Drug Free Workplace Program, to help small businesses 
                develop employee education programs and company drug 
                policies. These are examples of our commitment to the 
                ideal that the role of our Government is not to create 
                business barriers, but to help our citizens overcome 
                them.

                America's small business owners and their employees 
                represent more than half of the private workforce. 
                These entrepreneurs, who create more than 75 percent of 
                the net new jobs nationwide and generate more than 50 
                percent of the Nation's gross domestic product, and the 
                employees who work in small businesses, deserve our 
                thanks. We salute them by observing Small Business 
                Week.

                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 May 6 through 12, 2001, as 
                Small Business Week. I urge all Americans to join in 
                observing this week with appropriate programs, 
                ceremonies, and activities.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand 
                one, and of the Independence of the United States of 
                America the two hundred and twenty-fifth.

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